Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1600 (circa)
Publication: Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
14.8 x 10.5 inches
37.6 x 26.7 cm
Woodblock map of the Holy Land divided among the twelve tribes of Israel. The cities, mountains, rivers and seas are graphically presented and the Dead Sea is shown in a crescent shape. Three sea monsters frolic in the Mediterranean. German text on verso.
References: Laor #141.
Condition: B
On a lightly toned sheet with some soiling. There are professional repairs to some separations and small holes along the centerfold, and to a chip in the bottom blank margin. Remargined at right and left to accommodate framing.