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Auction 186, Lot 650

"Voyage des Enfans d'Israel, dans le Desert, Depuis Leur Sortie d'Egypte par la Mer Rouge, Jusquau Pays de Canaan", Mortier, Pierre

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1809 (published)

Publication: Nouvel Atlas de la Bible

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.3 x 15.4 inches
46.5 x 39.1 cm
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This is an uncommon version of Mortier's pictorial map of the Exodus published by Jacques Desray. The map illustrates the flight of the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land and their wandering in the desert. Mount Sinai is prominent at the center of the map. At top left are the Jordan River and the Mare Mortuum (Dead Sea) and at bottom right is a graphic scene of the pursuing Egyptians being swallowed in the Red Sea following the successful escape of the Hebrews.

References: cf. Laor #507.

Condition: B+

On a sturdy with a bunch of grapes watermark, with very light soiling, a few spots of foxing, and marginal toning. There is heavier soiling along the edges of the sheet, which are deckle-edged.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 2/9/2022

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