Subject: Middle East
Period: 1682 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.3 x 14 inches
46.5 x 35.6 cm
This Dutch Bible map covers the region between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, depicting numerous Biblical sites, including the wanderings of the Children of Israel, Jonas & the whale, and the Garden of Eden. The map is richly embellished with a banner style title cartouche and four corner vignettes - 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 the Ark. Dutch text on verso.
References: Poortman & Augusteijn #131 GI.
Condition: A
Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper with attractive color, good margins, and a very light horizontal crease across the center of the map.