Tabula Terrae Sanctae in Usum eorum qui Pentateuchum Legunt (A Map of the Holy Land for the Use of those Who Read the Pentateuch). Copperplate map, colored.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $250

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author

LE CLERC, JEAN.

Place

Amsterdam, 1710 (or later).

summary

Notably, the Mediteranean and Dead seas are mentioned in Hebrew in addition to Latin. Jean Le Clerc was a radical theologian whose critiques of the Bible eventually drove him out of Geneva. The present map is from the second edition of his Biblical commentary (Amsterdam, 1710).

12 x 15 inches (30 x 38 cm).

NLI archive: https://www.nli.org.il/he/maps/NNL_ALEPH003935122/NLI#$FL45602055.

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Tabula Terrae Sanctae in Usum eorum qui Pentateuchum Legunt (A Map of the Holy Land for the Use of those Who Read the Pentateuch). Copperplate map, colored.

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