Subject: Near and Middle East
Period: 1729 (published)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18 x 13.7 inches
45.7 x 34.8 cm
Exquisite Dutch Bible map published by Pieter & Jacob Keur. It covers the region between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, depicting numerous Biblical sites, including the wanderings of the Children of Israel and the Garden of Eden. Banner style title with the four corners of the map containing fully colored vignettes: the creation of Adam & Eve, Paradise, Eve offering Adam the apple, and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. At center in the bottom is a large scene of the Ark.
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Condition: A
Minor soil in margins.