Bidspirit auction | SANUTO & VISCONTE / PTOLEMY,

SANUTO & VISCONTE / PTOLEMY, C. Holy Land. Full original color. Few mends mainly along centerfold with slight loss, overall very good. 12 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches. Finely framed. Laor no. 603; Nebenzahl, pp. 58-9. Ulm, 1482. A MONUMENT OF HOLY LAND CARTOGRAPHY WITH A DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE. The earliest acquirable, ”modern” (i.e. non-Ptolemaic) map of the Holy Land. An attractive example in full original color marked by the use of the dark blue associated with the first edition of 1482. From the collection of the great scholar and collector of Holy Land cartography, Eran Laor. ”This 'modern' map, copied directly from Marino Sanuto and Pietro Vesconte by Donmus Nicolaus Germanus, is crucial for the development of Holy Land cartography during the early history of printing. The Sanuto Vesconte map had not been improved substantially for over 150 years, and it was destined to provide the basic image of the Holy Land until the eighteenth century” (Nebenzahl).