Two woodcuts – maps of Palestine:
1. Map of Palestine. Hand-colored woodcut, from the first Italian edition of Sei libri della Cosmografia Vniuersale by the cartograph Sebastian Münster. [Basel, 1558].
Map of Palestine and Syria. The shoreline stretches between southern Anatolia and the Nile Delta. Two insets with Italian texts. Woodcut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525-1571), signed in the plate with initials: RMD.
Italian text in verso, with an in-text woodcut depicting Moses holding the Tablets of the Law (with the Ten Commandments in Hebrew), p. 1076.
Approx. 17X26 cm (matted). Good condition. Minor blemishes.
2. Map of the Land of Canaan. Woodcut from the Czech edition of Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Journey through the Sacred Scriptures) by Heinrich Bünting. [Prague, 1592].
Map of the Land of Canaan, depicting the land on both sides of the Jordan River, before the Israelites' entry. The shoreline stretches between Sidon and Gaza. In this map, Jerusalem is called by its early names as well – "Shalem" and "Yevus". Czech text on verso, p. 30.
The book "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae", by the German priest, theologian and cartographer Heinrich Bünting (1645-1606) was first published in 1581 and was the most complete and comprehensive work on Biblical geography to date. Since then, it was repeatedly reprinted and translated into many languages.
See Laor 139-140 for additional editions of the map.
Engraved map: approx. 16.5X26 cm, matted. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Tears to edges, some open, professionally restored. Slightly trimmed margins.

Die Heilige Statt Jerusalem Contrafehtet nach Form und Gestalt wie sie zu unsern zeiten erbawen ist. [Jerusalem the holy city… as seen in our days]. Woodcut from
the German edition of Cosmographia, by Sebastian Münster. [Basel, 1614]. German.
Panoramic view of Jerusalem from the east – woodcut by Iacob Clauser (signed in the margin "IC"), with German captions indicating prominent sites. On the lower part of the leaf appear two columns of text describing Jerusalem, with an additional woodcut set in the left column – depiction the yard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (in other German editions of Cosmographia, this illustration appears in one of the leaves adjacent to the view of Jerusalem).
German text on verso, describing Jerusalem and Jericho, pp. 1469-1472.
Approx. 50X40 cm. (view of Jerusalem: 37.5X15.5 cm.) matted and framed: approx. 40X50 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small tears (slightly affecting woodcut). Open tears to edges (not affecting text or woodcuts). Professionally restored.
See Laor 1087 for an additional edition of the map.

Eÿgentliche Delineatio und Beschreibung der Kinder Israel Auszug aus Egÿpten…, map of Palestine, by the Dutch cartographer family Visscher. Hand-colored engraving from the Bible in its German translation by Luther (Biblia… Durch Martin Luther). [Wittenberg, 1670].
Engraving by Johann Friedrich Fleischberger, after Georg Andreas Böckler (signed in the plate in the margin).
The map is west-oriented, depicting Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River, with the territories of the Tribes. The shoreline stretches from Tripoli in the north the Nile Delta. Broken lines outline the route of the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan, via the Red Sea and Sinai Desert. Shown along the shoreline, from Sidon to Jaffa, are ships hauling rafts of Lebanon cedar that were sent by Hiram King of Tyre to King Solomon to build the Temple. An additional illustration depicts the story of Jonah the prophet.
Two medallions, in the upper corners, depict the figures of Moses with the Tablets of the Law and Aaron in priestly garb. Five inset illustrations of the Temple vessels at bottom and an inset depicting the location of the Tribes around the Tabernacle in the desert at right margin.
Engraved map: approx. 40X26 cm. Matted and framed: 60X45.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor blemishes and small tears to edges.
Laor 799.

Tabula geographica Terrae Sanctae, map of Palestine, edited by Jacques Bonfrère. Hand-colored engraving, from La galerie agréable du monde, by Pieter van der Aa. Leiden: Petrum Vander, [1729].
The map is east-oriented and depicts Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River, with the territories of the Tribes. The shoreline stretches from Byblos on the slopes of the Lebanon Mountain to the Nile Delta. With a key, compass and scale at bottom.
This map is a different scale version of the map of Palestine after Adrichom that was first published in 1631 (in Onomasticon urbium et locorum Sacrae Scripturae, by Jacques Bonfrère. Paris 1631).
See previous item.
Engraved map: approx. 102X38 cm. (printed on two conjoined sheets of paper), framed: 107X50 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Creases and minor stains. Several tears, perforations and wormholes, mostly to margins. Several perforations, slightly affecting the map, restored with paper on verso. Two small ink notations on margins.
Laor 119.

Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta, map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving, from Commentarius in Sacram Scripturam, by Jacobi Tirini [Jacobus Tirinus]. [Augsburg, 1711].
Engraved map of Palestine after Christian van Adrichom, signed in the plate: "Jos. Erasm. Belling, Cathol. Sculps. Aug. Vindel" [Josef Erasmus Belling and August Vindel].
The map is east-oriented and depicts Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River, with the territories of the Tribes. The shoreline stretches from Sidon in the north to the Nile Delta. Broken lines depict the route of the Israelites in the desert.
With an inset oval map of a bird's eye view of Jerusalem, "Hierosolymae veteris imago", presumably made by Cornelius Galle, after a map of Jerusalem by Juan Bautista‬‬‫‪ Villalpando. Border with illustrations of ancient coins, a plan of the interior of the Temple and a view of its front, vessels of the Temple and more.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Engraved map: approx. 82X32 cm. Frame: approx. 108X58 cm. Good condition. Unexamined out of frame.
This map was reprinted in several editions which differ, among other things, in their font. The first edition was printed in Antwerp, 1632 (see Laor 771).