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Auction 114, Lot 548
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"De Gelegentheyt van 't Paradys en 't Landt Canaan, Mitsgaders d' eerst Bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen uyt de H. Schrifture…", Stoopendaal, Bastiaan

Subject: Near and Middle East

Period: 1682 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18 x 13.8 inches
45.7 x 35.1 cm
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Lovely Dutch Bible map published by Hendrik & Jacob Keur. It covers the region between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, depicting numerous biblical sites, including the wanderings of the Children of Israel and the Garden of Eden. Banner style title with vignettes in the four corners from Genesis: the creation of Adam & Eve, Paradise, Eve offering Adam the apple, and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. At bottom center is a large scene of Noah's Ark at the beginning of the Great Flood. Dutch text on verso.

References: Poortman & Augusteijn, #131.

Condition: B

Bit of faint foxing and a tiny fold separation at bottom, well away from map.

Estimate: $300 - $350

Sold for: $325

Closed on 3/1/2006

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