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Map of Palestine - large engraving, hand-painted. Paris 1691

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Iudaea seu Terra Sancta quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum in suas duodecim Tribus divisa secretis ab invicem Regnis Iuda et Israel, map of Israel. Hand-painted engraving, from the Atlas Nouveau atlas edition by Alexis Hubert Jaillot. Published by P. Mortier, Paris 1691. The engraving is by Louis Cordier (signed in the plate, in the lower left corner), according to Guillaume Sanson.

Map of Palestine [Land of Israel] on both sides of the Jordan, with the boundaries of the division into the tribal lands. Top left is a cartouche with figures of Moses and Aaron and a plant frame, as well as a medallion with an illustration of The copper snake. At the bottom right is another cartouche, in which Adam and Eve are seen in heaven next to the garden animals, and above them the snake winds around the tree of knowledge.

Engraving map: 53X84 cm; thick leaf: 94 x63 cm. Few stains. Good condition.

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130. Map of Palestine - large engraving, hand-painted. Paris 1691