Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan [Sacred Geography, or Phaleg and Canaan], by Samuel Bochart. Leiden: Cornelium Boutesteyn & Jordanum Luchtmans / Utrecht: Guilielmum vande Water, 1707. Latin with some Hebrew, Arabic in Hebrew characters and Greek. An important work by French theologian, geographer and Orientalist Samuel Bochart (1599-1667), dealing with the history of the nations of the world and their languages, according to the Bible and other sources. The first part of the book describes the various nations descended from Noah and their scattering after the fall of the Tower of Babel and the confounding of languages. The second part deals with the Phoenician nations. The book contains thirteen maps (four of them double-spread): countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Syria and Egypt, Mesopotamia and Babylon, Asia and Europe, Greece and the Aegean Sea, Italy, Sicily, Cyprus, Spain, Sri Lanka, and more. Numerous places and sites indicated in Hebrew or transcribed in Hebrew characters alongside the Latin. Incomplete copy, missing two engraved plates – engraved title page and the author's portrait . [8], 44, [4] pp. 318 columns, [1], 323-332 pp. 345-1224 columns (=less than 1224; mispagination), [60] pp. + [13] maps, 38.5 cm. Missing two plates. Good condition. Stains (mostly minor). Blemishes and small tears to edges. One leaf with an open tear and one leaf with long tears to bottom. Ornate vellum binding, slightly worn.