Auction 83
PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, HOLY LAND MAPS, CEREMONIAL OBJECTS, FINE & GRAPHIC ART
Jun 20, 2019
USA
242 West 30th Street, 12th Floor, New York NY 10001
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LOT 161:
SANSON, NICOLAS
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SANSON, NICOLAS
“Terra Promissa in suas tribus partesque diuisa auctore N. Sanson albauilleo pro Hist de Republica Hebreorum Caroli Sigonii concinnata.”
Hand-colored copperplate engraved map.
16 x 22.2 inches (40.6 x 56.5 cm).
Milan, 1734:
From: Caroli Sigonii Mutinensis Opera omnia… Milan, 1732-37. The map is based on Sanson’s 1662 “Terra Sancta” and marks the Biblical division of the Land of Israel among the Twelve Tribes. It features a prominent title cartouche in the upper left with a tabernacle flanked by two cherubim of the Holy Ark. At lower right is a distance scale.
From: Caroli Sigonii Mutinensis Opera omnia… Milan, 1732-37. The map is based on Sanson’s 1662 “Terra Sancta” and marks the Biblical division of the Land of Israel among the Twelve Tribes. It features a prominent title cartouche in the upper left with a tabernacle flanked by two cherubim of the Holy Ark. At lower right is a distance scale.
