Geographia Sacra, Sive Notitia Antiqua Dioecesium Omnium Patriarchalium, Metropoliticarum, Et Episcopalium Veteris ecclesiae, by Carolus a Sancto Paulo [Charles Vialart] and Lukas Holste. Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1704. Latin.
"Sacred Geography", by French historian, Bishop Charles Vialart (1592-1644), with notes by German geographer and historian Lukas Holste (1596-1661). The book features 13 engraved plates: 11 maps (double-page folding plates), including a map of Palestine; an engraved title page (by G. Van der Gouwen, after Gerard Hoet) and an engraved dedication to diplomat and theologian Ezechiel Spanheim. An additional engraved plate facing p. 1. Several woodcut initials.
The book was first printed in Paris, in 1641, without Lukas Holste's notes. The maps in this edition were drawn by cartographer and printer Franciscus Halma, after the 1641 edition maps, and they are decorated with cartouches and fine illustrations. Most of them were engraved by Hendrik Eland.
[6] ff., 332 pp; 72 pp. + [13] engraved plates. 44.5 cm. Fine, wide-margined copy. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Several open tears to edges (not affecting text). Engraved plates slightly browned. Minor worming to several leaves (not affecting engravings). Notations and a label on the front endpapers. Vellum binding, stained and slightly worn.