Terra Sancta XXIII- Nova Tabula.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(PTOLEMY).

Place

Basel, first edition 1545 (or later).

Description

Double-page woodcut map.

references

Laor 617.

summary

Oriented toward the west, depicts both sides of the Jordan and the 12 portions of the tribes. The last few encampments of the Israelite’s journey to the Holy Land are marked, and a snake on a copper pole alludes to some of their travails. Also shown is a shepherd drawing water for his flock and a burning Sodom amidst the Dead Sea.

11 x 14 inches (28 x 36 cm) to mat. Finely framed.

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