Detailed map of the Mid East, including the Mediterranean and Cyprus in the north. With many notations in French. Published in Amsterdam (after De L'Isle).
Date:
c1730
Condition:
Staining left and right sides. Overall fair to good.
A variation on the Bible map of the same title by Visscher and Stoopendaal, with Christ shown standing rather than in Resurrection; and with similar but altered scenes from the Life of Christ. Beautifully engraved.
With north oriented to the right, showing 'the beloved land of Canaan'. Beautifully embellished with the Nativity, the Resurrection and the Crucifixion of Christ.
Decorative historical map from Jansson's Ancient Atlas; engraved by Petrus Kaerius. Showing the Balkans, Romania, Bulgaria and Transylvania of the past. Centered on the Danube River, including Constantinople (Byzantium) and the Carpathian Mountains. Outline color; blank on verso.
Alternate title: CARTE DE LA TERRE SAINTE DIVISEE SELON LES DOUZE TRIBUS D'ISRAEL. Published in Nuremberg; Revised by Mr. Jean Christoph Harenbergh. Original handcolor, by Tribe. With inset map of Palestine. Fine pictorial title cartouche.
Decorative copperplate-engraved map of the Holy Lands during ancient times. Including also Egypt, Babel, the Red Sea, Cyprus and part of Arabia. With decorative title cartouche and mileage scale. Published in Amsterdam.
Date:
c1660
Condition:
Some very light ink smudges, upper right edge. Rebacked with thin archival paper. Overall very good.
Showing Asia Minor (Turkey and Syria) with Cyprus, the Black Sea and Crete. With an inset map of Hellespont and the environs of the Bosphorus. Original outline color.
Detailed copperplate-engraved map of Asia Minor, with Cyprus and the southern coast of the Black Sea. Very accurate map of this area for it's time. Original outline color.
Alternate title: CARTE DE LA TERRE SAINTE DIVISEE SELON LES DOUZE TRIBUS D'ISRAEL. Published in Nuremberg; Revised by Mr. Jean Christoph Harenbergh. Original handcolor, by Tribe. With inset map of Palestine. Fine pictorial title cartouche. Jerusalem is near maps center.
Date:
1750
Condition:
Early strike of this plate; good crisp impression. Top margin is cropped close. Rebacked with centerfold reinforced. Not flawless but overall good.
Nicely detailed map of Asia Minor, including Cyprus. Two inset maps, upper left. Published in London by Richard Holmes Laurie (after D'Anville's map of 1764).
