Auction 80 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Jun 29, 2021
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel

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LOT 149:

Collection of Maps of Palestine and Jerusalem – Hand-Colored Prints – Europe, 16th- 18th Centuries

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Collection of Maps of Palestine and Jerusalem – Hand-Colored Prints – Europe, 16th- 18th Centuries
12 hand-colored prints - maps of Palestine and Jerusalem from various atlases and books. [Europe, the 16th – 18th centuries].
1. [Palestine]. Map of Palestine, from a German edition of "Cosmography" by Sebastian Münster. [Basel, 1558?]. Woodcut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525-1571). Signed in the plate with the initials: RMD; hand-colored.
2. "Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving, from Atlas by Frederik de Wit. [Amsterdam, 1680?]. Laor 860.
3. "Iudaea Sive Terra Sancta quae Israelitarum in suas duodecim Tribus destincta", map of Palestine, by Theodore Danckerts (after a map of Palestine by Guillaume Sanson). Hand-colored engraving. [Amsterdam, ca. 1698]. Laor 231.
4. "Geographiae Sacrae ex Veteri, et Novo Testamento desumptae Tabula in qua Terra Promissa", map of Palestine by Nicholas Sanson. Hand-colored engraving, from "La Sainte Bible traduite en François". [Liège, France: Jean-François Broncart, 1701]. See Laor 688-690.
5. "Delineatio und beschreibung Palaestinae oder der gelobten lands", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving, from "Des Fürtrefflichen Jüdischen Geschicht-Schreibers Flavii Josephi Sämmtliche Wercke". [Tübingen: Johann Friderich Cotta, 1735-1736].
6. "Carte du voyage et routes de Israëlites", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving, from "Dictionnaire Historique" by Augustin Calmet. [Paris, 1730]. Laor 162.
7. "Plan et distribution de la Terre de Chanaan suivant la Vision d'Ezechiel", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving, from "Dictionnaire Historique" by Augustin Calmet. [Paris, 1730]. Laor 163.
8. "Ierusalem aus den Schrifften Iosephi ganz neu vorgestellt", map of Jerusalem. Engraving from "Des Vortrefflichen Jüdischen Geschicht-Schreibers Flavii Josephi Sämtliche Wercke" [Zurich, 1736]. Laor 989a.
9. "Palaestina in XII Tribus divisa", map of Palestine by Johann Christoph Harenberg. Hand-colored engraving from "Major atlas scholasticus" [Nürnberg: Homannianis Eredibus, 1752 (engraving dated 1750)]. Laor 325.
10. "La Judée ou Terre Sainte divisée en ses douze Tribus", map of Palestine. hand-colored engraving, from "Atlas universel" by Robert de Vaugondy, Gills and Didier. [Paris: Charles Francois Delamarche, 1793 (engraving dated 1750)]. Laor 667.
11. "Carte de la Terre des Hebreux", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving from "Atlas d'etude" by Didier Robert de Vaugondy. [Paris: Charles Francois Delamarche, 1797-1798]. Laor 673.
12. "Terre de Chanaan ou Terre Promise a Abraham", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving. [Paris: Charles François Delamarche, after 1792].
12 maps. Size varies (engravings and woodcuts: approx. 17X26 cm. to 49X69 cm.). Fair to poor condition. Engravings 1-2, 4 and 8 mounted on card. Engraving no. 5 matted. Engraving no. 12 mounted on thin acid-free paper.