Hadrian Reland. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata.

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,000

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

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

printer

Peter Conrad Monath

Place

Nürnberg

Publication

1716

Description

Title printed in red and black with engraved device, and additional engraved allegorical title. Complete with 8 engraved foldouts, including several maps, a genealogical tree of Herod; 6 plates (maps) and several numismatic text illustrations.

summary

A fine, wide-margined, uncut copy. Maps issued on thick paper. The Dutch Orientalist Hadrian Reland (1676-1718) was the first scholar to break away from the traditional cartographic view of the Holy Land that was based upon the Bible, thus producing here the first geographically accurate maps of the Land of Israel and surrounding region.

pp. (16), 787, (83). An uncut copy. Lightly browned, some worming. Recent calf-backed boards, spine rubbed. Thick 4to.

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