Fascinating engraving containing two aerial views of the city, one as it was at the beginning of the first century BCE, and the other a contemporaneous view. Each is accompanied by legends listing important structures and places that are keyed to the plans. In the lower right is a vignette... More about Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas
One of the most distinctive, early cartographic curiosities: a woodcut, cloverleaf-shaped map of the world with Jerusalem at the center. The map echoes the style of medieval mappae mundi, with Jerusalem at its center and with each of the leaves of the trefoil representing the continents of Asia, Africa and..... More about Die gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat / Welches in der Stadt Hannover / meines lieben Vaterlandes Wapen
A superb example. "'The Wanderings of Abraham' is among the most elaborate of Ortelius's compositions. It demonstrates his combined skills as a cartographer and an artist, and his accomplishment as an historian" (Nebenzahl). Twenty-two fine medallions, each containing in miniature a key episode in the life of Abraham, surround the..... More about Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio, Et Vita
A distinctively decorated map of the Holy Land in a beautiful example. The map's exclusively Old Testament imagery in the cartouche includes the figures of Moses and Solomon. Abraham is also shown in the process of sacrificing Isaac, interrupted by an angel helpfully pointing out a ram hiding behind the... More about Iudaea, seu Terra Sancta quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum
A very rare, visually rich, American-published wall map of the Holy Land and a part of Egypt. Its abundant imagery of primarily Old Testament episodes, with some of the New Testament intermingled, suggests the map was designed for Biblical studies by the young. This is born out by the naive... More about A New Map of the Land of Promis And The Holy City Of Jerusalem Describing the most important events
A scarce, separately published, wall map of the Holy Land made as the title states “as a companion for &to illustrate the Scriptures.” It is also notable for its use of advanced, up-to-date surveys, notably those conducted by General Kleber in behalf of both Napoleon and the British Admiralty. Marked..... More about A New Map of Palestine, Or The Holy Land With Part Of Egypt…
One of the earliest maps of the Turkish Empire engraved and published in England. Printed from two separate copperplates on one sheet, the map depicts the Ottoman Empire from Hungary to Persia and including the Empire’s frontier with Russia north of the Black Sea. Blome..... More about A Mapp of the Estates of the Turkish Empire in Asia and Europe…