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Auction 164, Lot 653

"T Beloofde, Landt, Canaan met de Reysen Israels door de Woestyne Nieuw Lyx uyt Gegeven door W. Goeree", Goeree, Willem

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1682 (dated)

Publication: De Republyk der Hebreen

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.3 x 5.3 inches
21.1 x 13.5 cm
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This map depicting the Exodus from Egypt and the wanderings of the Children of Israel is a miniature version of Visscher's map of 1650. The title cartouche depicts a scene of the encampment in the background. The map is further decorated with a convoy of ships bringing cedar for the building of Solomon's Temple, and Jonah and the whale.

References: Laor #303.

Condition: A

A nice impression, issued folding now flattened with some soiling and faint damp stains primarily confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/13/2017

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