"De Gelegentheyt van't Paradys ende't Landt Canaan, Mitsgaders de Eerst Bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen...", Visscher, Nicolas

A lovely, decorative Dutch Bible map covering the region between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, featuring the Garden of Eden prominently located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River. The strapwork title cartouche is flanked by scenes of Eve offering Adam the apple and the expulsion from paradise. In the sea beneath Cyprus is a scene of Jonah and the whale. The distance scale features Visscher's signature vignette of himself as a fisherman. This map is based on the elder Visscher map of 1642, although slightly larger and more decorative. Both father and son used the fisherman as a signature on their maps but the image is slightly different with Nicolas' being an image of a young man. Engraved by Broeck. Dutch text on verso.

References: Laor #794; Poortman & Augusteijn #119.

Condition: B+

A dark impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with some show-through of text on verso and a bit of soiling at right. There are professional repairs to a fold separation at bottom right and several chips along the bottom edge of the sheet.