Subject: Middle East
Period: 1736 (circa)
Publication: Biblia, dat is de Gantsche H. Schrifture...
Color: Black & White
Size:
17.5 x 12 inches
44.5 x 30.5 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. Published by Jacob and Pieter Keur.
References: Poortman & Augusteijn #131 GIII-3.
Condition: A
Issued folding on a bright sheet with a couple of damp stains in the bottom blank margins and an ink spot just below the center of the image.