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LOT 100:
"Map of the Holy Land as it is in the Bible" – From Be'er HaLuchot, by Jacob Auspitz – Vienna, 1818 – After the Map ...
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"Map of the Holy Land as it is in the Bible" – From Be'er HaLuchot, by Jacob Auspitz – Vienna, 1818 – After the Map of Palestine by Tobias Conrad Lotter (Based on Nicholas Sanson)
"Map of the Holy Land as it is in the Bible… translated from Latin to the Holy Tongue by Mr. Jacob Auspitz of Ofen: with the approbation of… the rabbi and dean of our community, R. Moshe Mintz", map of Palestine – hand colored engraving, plate 4 from the book Be'er HaLuchot by Jacob Auspitz. [Vienna, 1818]. Second edition (the map was published a year earlier, with slight variations, in Be'er HaLuchot, Ofen [present day: Budapest], 1817).
Map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan river, depicting the territories of the Tribes. The shoreline stretches between Sidon in the north and Egypt in the south. Decorated cartouche in the upper left corner, flanked on one side by the figure of Yehoshua, holding a tribal flag in one hand and pointing to the sun with the other hand, and on the other by the figure of Elazar clad in priestly clothes and bearing the breastplate. An inscription above the sun reads: "Sun, stand still upon Gibeon". The cartouche is surmounted with illustrations of the pillars of fire and cloud which accompanied and guided the Jewish people in their travels through the desert. A map scale and compass rose appear at the foot of the map, alongside a legend for royal cities, cities of refuge, Levitical cities and cities of Israel.
The engraving was produced by Gottfried Prixner (signed in print), after a map of Palestine by German cartographer and publisher Tobias Conrad Lotter (the cartouche illustrations on both maps are almost identical). Both maps are based on the map of Palestine by cartographer Nicolas Sanson, in his book Geographia Sacra.
Leaf: 48.5X40 cm. Fair condition. Darkened paper. Stains (including dark stains and dampstains). Inscription in margins. Creases and defects. Worming and tears, including open tears, repaired with paper and paint (mostly marginal). The entire map is mounted on thin, acid-free paper; framed.
Laor 884.
