Subject: Middle East & Cyprus
Period: 1682 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18 x 13.8 inches
45.7 x 35.1 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.
References: Poortman & Augusteijn #131 GI.
Condition: A
A crisp impression on watermarked paper with a bit of faint foxing, some light creasing in the top corners, and a couple short centerfold separations confined to the blank margins.