Auction 69 - Part I -Rare and Important Items
Terrae Sanctae, by Jacob Ziegler – The First Atlas of Palestine – Strasbourg, 1536 – Eight Maps
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Terrae Sanctae, Quam Palaestinam Nominant, Syriae, Arabiae, Aegypti & Schondiae [The Holy Land which is called Palestine, Syria, Arab, Egypt and Scandinavia], by Jacob Ziegler. Strasbourg (Argentorati): Vuendelinum Rihelium [Vendelinus Riheli], 1536. Latin. Second edition.
The important book of German cartographer Jacob Ziegler, considered the first atlas of Palestine. At the end of the book are eight maps – double-spread woodcuts; on verso of the left pages of the maps are "title pages". The most important map of the book – a detailed map of Palestine, from Damascus and Sidon in the north to Rafah and the Arab Desert in the south, is unique in the eight lines that stretch from its center indicating the distance between Jerusalem and various cities in the world (Rome, Venice, Babylon and other major cities). This map is considered the first map of Palestine to include a compass showing magnetic declination. The other maps depict Palestine and its surroundings – Syria, Egypt, the Sinai Desert and the Mediterranean basin. The last map of the book depicts a different geographic area – Scandinavia.
Jacob Ziegler (ca. 1470-1549), a humanist, theologian and cartographer, an important representative of the German Renaissance. A wandering scholar, Ziegler lived for a while in the court of Pope Leo X, but after his decision to adopt Protestant Christianity, his books were put on the list of prohibited books (Index Librorum Prohibitorum) of the Catholic church.
Ziegler's maps, inspired by various ancient sources (he relied especially on the works of Ptolemy), are among the first scientific maps of Palestine. Although Ziegler's original plan was much more ambitious – to make dozens of maps of various areas around the world, he completed only eight maps before his death, all of which were published in "Terrae Sanctae".
"Terrae Sanctae" is considered the first atlas of Palestine. See: Maps of the Holy Land, Images of Terra Sancta Through Two Millennia, by Kenneth Nebenzahl (New-York: Abbeville Press, 1986), pp. 70-71.
This is a copy from the second edition (the first edition was published in 1532), which incorporates an index of biblical place-names on Ziegler's maps and a text by pastor Wolfgang Wissenburg.
CVIII, CIII-CXLII, [16] leaves + [8] maps (double-spread), 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Tears and open tears to edges of several leaves (mostly small). Parchment binding with blemishes, partly detached from the book. Bookplate to inside front binding.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
The important book of German cartographer Jacob Ziegler, considered the first atlas of Palestine. At the end of the book are eight maps – double-spread woodcuts; on verso of the left pages of the maps are "title pages". The most important map of the book – a detailed map of Palestine, from Damascus and Sidon in the north to Rafah and the Arab Desert in the south, is unique in the eight lines that stretch from its center indicating the distance between Jerusalem and various cities in the world (Rome, Venice, Babylon and other major cities). This map is considered the first map of Palestine to include a compass showing magnetic declination. The other maps depict Palestine and its surroundings – Syria, Egypt, the Sinai Desert and the Mediterranean basin. The last map of the book depicts a different geographic area – Scandinavia.
Jacob Ziegler (ca. 1470-1549), a humanist, theologian and cartographer, an important representative of the German Renaissance. A wandering scholar, Ziegler lived for a while in the court of Pope Leo X, but after his decision to adopt Protestant Christianity, his books were put on the list of prohibited books (Index Librorum Prohibitorum) of the Catholic church.
Ziegler's maps, inspired by various ancient sources (he relied especially on the works of Ptolemy), are among the first scientific maps of Palestine. Although Ziegler's original plan was much more ambitious – to make dozens of maps of various areas around the world, he completed only eight maps before his death, all of which were published in "Terrae Sanctae".
"Terrae Sanctae" is considered the first atlas of Palestine. See: Maps of the Holy Land, Images of Terra Sancta Through Two Millennia, by Kenneth Nebenzahl (New-York: Abbeville Press, 1986), pp. 70-71.
This is a copy from the second edition (the first edition was published in 1532), which incorporates an index of biblical place-names on Ziegler's maps and a text by pastor Wolfgang Wissenburg.
CVIII, CIII-CXLII, [16] leaves + [8] maps (double-spread), 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Tears and open tears to edges of several leaves (mostly small). Parchment binding with blemishes, partly detached from the book. Bookplate to inside front binding.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
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