Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1792 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
23.5 x 20 inches
59.7 x 50.8 cm
Large, detailed map of the Holy Land based on De Wit's map. West is oriented to the top of the map, which is spanned by a large title cartouche draped in a garland held aloft by six cherubs. The Mediterranean is filled with various types of ships and boats, including a depiction of Jonah and the whale. The map is divided into the twelve tribes and the route of the Children of Israel is shown in the desert. At bottom center is an engraving of the Tabernacle surrounded by the twelve tribes and flanked by Moses and Aaron.
References: Laor #268.
Condition: A
Overall very good with a bit of light foxing, mostly confined to blank margins. Tissue repair of short fold separations.