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Auction 117, Lot 727
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"Tabula Itineraria Patriarcharum Abrahami, Isaaci et Iacobi", Jansson, Jan

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1652 (circa)

Publication: Accuratissima Orbis Delineatio, sive Geographia Vetus, Sacra & Profana

Color: Black & White

Size:
20.3 x 14.6 inches
51.6 x 37.1 cm
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A fine, decorative map illustrating the travels of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Patriarchs of the Bible. The map is devoid of detail except in the regions described in the biblical accounts. It covers the region from Cyprus to Iraq and the great city of Babel, and from Egypt to the deserts of Arabia. The decorations represent the bounty of the Promised Land with the title and scale cartouche adorned with a cornucopia of fruit and vegetables, and the imprint cartouche featuring a host of putti harvesting fruit.

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Condition: A

Nice impression with some printer's ink smudge at right. Some tears in top margin, well away from map.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $220

Closed on 12/6/2006

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