Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1716 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.8 x 12.1 inches
45.2 x 30.7 cm
Dutch Bible map of the Holy Land depicting the Exodus from Egypt and the wanderings of the Children of Israel. The lower part of the map is elaborately engraved with a scene of the encampment of the Children of Israel and Moses receiving the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai. The title cartouche is flanked by Adam & Eve. The map is further decorated with a convoy of ships bringing cedar for the building of Solomon's Temple and Jonas & the whale. The map is based on that of Nicolaes Berchem, whose popular designs were copied for many Dutch bibles in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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Condition: B+
Old paper repairs in the margins with faint toning.