Holy Land — French and English Cartographers

Sanson d'Abbeville, Nicolas. Iudaea seu Terra Sancta. Paris: 1691. Double-page engraved map, 22 ½ x 33 ¼ in.; 572 x 845 mm, engraved by Cordier. Matted, glazed and framed. See Laor 683 and 694.  - Philippe Briet. Palestinae delineatio ad geographiae canones revocata. Paris: chez Pierre Mariette, 1641. Two engraved maps on one sheet, 15 ¼ x 21 ¼ in.; 386 x 515 mm., ancient Syria, Jerusalem and The Exodus in the upper portion, and Palestine divided according to the 12 tribes oriented with the East at the top. Matted. Laor 130. - Jean de la Grive (Abbé). Nouvelle Carte de la Terre Sainte Publiée en 1824. Paris: chez Mondhare, 1824. Engraved map, 17 x 24 ¼ in.; 432 x 615 mm, with large elaborate cartouche, scene of the expulsion of Adam and Eve, 12 small depictions of ritual objects and costumes, inset map of the Israelites encampment in the desert. Matted, glazed and framed. Not in Laor. - John Speed. Canaan. [London: Norton & Bill, 1619]. Engraved map, 7 7/8 x 9 ½ in.; 200 x 240 mm. Matted, glazed and framed. A copy, in reduced format, of Speed’s Canaan from 1611, used to illustrate a Bible in English. Laor 738. - Jacques Lagnet [after Nicolas Visscher]. Terra sancta promissionis olim Palestina. Paris: chez Lagnet, [1660?]. 15 ¾ x 22 in.; 400 x 560 mm. Laor 408. - Postel, Guillaume. Terrae Sanctae descriptio, non solum ea continens loca, de quibus a quatuor Evangelii Scriptoribus fit mentio. [Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1569]. Woodcut map from a Latin Bible, 9 ½ x 8 ½ in.; 240 x 215 mm, handcolored, with list of places below and their coordinates (not shown in the mat); some small edge tears in right edge mended, central fold strengthened on verso. Matted, glazed and framed. Not in Laor.

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