Auction 089 Kodesh books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic letters, Zionism, Erez Israel, Jodiaka objects and Jewish art
Jul 15, 2015
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 40:

Map of the Holy Land in its Twelve Tribal Divisions. Mercator Hondius. Amsterdam, 1619

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Map of the Holy Land in its Twelve Tribal Divisions. Mercator Hondius. Amsterdam, 1619
Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina. Map of the Holy Land divided amongst the twelve tribes. Amsterdam, 1619. 48×57 cm. Colored. Copperplate engraving. View from west to east. Shoreline from Beirut to Gaza .From Mercator, Gerrard. Atlas sive cosmographicae meditations. This map is an updated engraving of Ortelius’ map of 1584 that was designed by Schort, and based on Laicstain Mercator’s description. With an additional illustration of Jonah being thrown from the ship to the whale and an illustration of Sodom and Gomorrah burning in the Dead Sea. Small loss in the fold. Very fine condition. Laor, 494.