Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1762 (published)
Publication: Atlas Moderne
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.4 x 12.2 inches
44.2 x 31 cm
This is a handsome map of the Holy Land on both sides of the Jordan River and divided into the twelve tribes of Israel. At left is a large decorative title cartouche featuring a rabbi and a cherub playing a harp, and at right is a text description of the region with five distance scales.
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Condition: B+
A crisp impression with contemporary color on a sheet with the watermark of a Maltese cross encircled by rosary beads. There are light stains in the column at right and several tiny worm holes, two of which are in the image.