Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1651 (dated)
Publication: La Terre Sainte en Six Cartes Geographiques
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.9 x 15.9 inches
53.1 x 40.4 cm
A sharply engraved map of the Holy Land extending through the Sinai Peninsula to the mouth of the Nile. A decorative, garlanded cartouche surrounds the title. Engraved by Jean Sommer and published by Pierre Mariette.
References: Laor #419; Pastoureau, LA RUE [5].
Condition: A
A clean and bright example on watermarked paper with contemporary outline color in the map and later coloring in the cartouche. There is light soiling mostly confined to the blank margins.