An extensive and impressive collection of maps of Eretz Israel and the vicinity and illustration plates from voyage and exploration books - about 100 lithographs, wood-cuts and engravings, some colored by hand.
Most of the maps and plates are from the 17th - 18th centuries; some are earlier while others are later.
The collection includes, amongst others:
• Beschreibung des heiligen Landes Canaan. Map of Eretz Israel on both sides of the Jordan River; the river drawn as a snake. Woodcut. A leaf from Heinrich Bunting's book "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae" (voyage through the Holy Scriptures). [Magdeburg, 16th century].
• Asia Minor, map of Minor Asia. A leaf from Sebastian Münster's book "Cosmographia". [Basel, 16th century]. Woodcut.
• Das Heilig Judischland mit ausztheilung der Zwolff Geschlechter. Map of Eretz Israel. From Sebastian Münster's book "Cosmographia". [Basel, 16th century]. Woodcut, colored by hand.
• Situs Terrae Promissionis. S.S. Bibliorum intelligentiam exacte aperiens per Chr. Adrichom. Map of Eretz Israel by Henricus Hondius [Amsterdam, 17th century]. Drawn after a map of Eretz Israel by Christian van Adrichom.
• Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina, by Frederick de Wit. [Amsterdam, 17th century]. Copper etching, colored by hand.
• Regio Canaan Seu Terra Promissionis Postea Iudea Vel Palestina Nominata Hodie Terra Sancta Vocata. Map of Eretz Israel, with the Tribes' terristories, by Matthäus Seutter. [Augsburg, 1725]. Copper etching colored by hand.
Lot of approx.100 items. Sizes and conditions vary.
Complete list of maps will be sent upon request.