Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1720 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Historique
Color: Black & White
Size:
18.3 x 14.6 inches
46.5 x 37.1 cm
This intriguing folio sheet contains two maps of the Holy Land with text and family trees describing the region during Biblical times. The upper map shows the region from Alexandrie and Antioche in present-day Syria to the Nile Delta and includes Cyprus and part of the Arabian desert. The bottom map focuses on Palestine with north oriented to the right.
References: Laor #211.
Condition: A+
A crisp impression issued folding, now flat, on paper with a Strasbourg bend and lily watermark.