Lot 139
Map of Palestine – Gerardus Mercator – Amsterdam, 1619 – Hand-Colored Engraving
Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina, map of Palestine, by Gerardus Mercator. Hand-colored engraving from the Theatrum Geographiae veteris Atlas by Petrus Bertius [Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1619; in the colophon: Leiden, 1618]. Latin.
Map of Palestine by geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594); re-engraved copy of a map of Palestine (Terra Sancta) by Abraham Ortelius (based on Peter Laicstain). This east-oriented map depicts Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River, with the territories of the Twelve Tribes. The shoreline runs from Beirut in the north to Gaza in the south. Along the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea, an illustration depicting the story of Jonah the prophet. Latin text on verso – "Palaestina" (p. KKK).
Engraved map: 49.5X35.5 cm (printed on two conjoined sheets of paper). Good-fair condition. Minor browning. Large dampstain on lower left side. Tears to edges, some open (not affecting the engraving), some reinforced with tape on verso. Small holes. Matted.
See Laor 494.
