Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
Map of Palestine – Strasburg, 1525 – Hand-Colored Woodcut
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,375
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Tabu[la] Terre Sanctae, map of Palestine edited by Lorenz Fries. Hand-colored woodcut from Geographia by Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy), edited by Willibald Pirckheimer. [Strasburg, 1525].
Map of Palestine oriented to the east, showing the territories of the Tribes. The shoreline stretches between Sidon and Gaza. Latin text on verso, p. 41.
Leaf: 39X48 cm. Good condition. Worming, professionally restored. A few pieces of paper on verso. Framed.
See Laor 612 – a later edition of an identical map.
Map of Palestine oriented to the east, showing the territories of the Tribes. The shoreline stretches between Sidon and Gaza. Latin text on verso, p. 41.
Leaf: 39X48 cm. Good condition. Worming, professionally restored. A few pieces of paper on verso. Framed.
See Laor 612 – a later edition of an identical map.
Maps of Palestine
Maps of Palestine