Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1599 (circa)
Publication: The Geneva Bible
Color: Black & White
Size:
5 x 4.1 inches
12.7 x 10.4 cm
This anonymous woodcut map displays the route of the Exodus. The daily progress is also noted by use of numbers placed alongside the route. The leaf is from the 1599 edition of the Geneva Bible printed by Christopher Barker, the printer for Queen Elizabeth I. The Geneva Bible was significant because it was the first mechanically printed, mass-produced Bible made available to the general public. On a full sheet of English text (6.3 x 8.5").
References: Nebenzahl (Holy Land) p. 104.
Condition: A
Light soiling mostly in the blank margins.