Auction 97 · Lot 52
Syria et Ægypti Delta (Syria and the Egyptian Delta).
- Estimate
- $300–$400
- Hammer price
- $200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
BOCHART, SAMUEL.
Place
Leiden, 1692
Description
Hand-colored. Map in Latin with lone Hebrew reference made for the city of Emesa (Homs, Syria).
summary
In this map, Scythopolis (Beit Shean) is mistakenly placed on the east bank of the Jordan River, while the anti-Lebanon Mountain range is presented as an East-West range instead the North-South protuberance that is responsible for Lebanon’s Beka’a Valley.
15 x 9 inches (37 x 23 cm).
NLI archive: https://www.nli.org.il/he/maps/NNL_ALEPH002515285/NLI#$FL13742052.