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Auction 201, Lot 623
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"Regnum Iudeorum in Filios Herodis Magni per Tetrarchias Divisum ad Tempora Christi Domini Tabula...", de la Rue, Philippe

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1696 (dated)

Publication: Theatre du Monde...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.2 x 15.8 inches
53.8 x 40.1 cm
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This handsome and uncommon map of the Kingdom of Judea features good detail throughout. It shows the extent of Palestine during the reign of the sons of Herod the Great up to Christ's time. This map is identical to La Rue's previous map published in 1651 in his La Terre Sainte en Six Cartes Geographiques, engraved by Jean Sommer, however here has been completely re-engraved by Joseph Thoaldus.

References: cf. Laor #418; cf. Pastoureau, LA RUE [4].

Condition: B+

A dark impression with light dampstaining around the centerfold and minor offsetting.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $105

Closed on 11/20/2024

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