"[Holy Land]", Postel, Guillaume
Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1591 (published)
Publication: The Newe Testament of our Load Iesus Christ…
Color: Black & White
Size:
4.7 x 3.3 inches
11.9 x 8.4 cm
This is a scarce leaf from an English bible produced by Christopher Barker. The bottom portion contains a lovely woodblock map of the Holy Land depicting the area of modern-day Israel and western Jordan. The map has no attribution, but is likely after Guillaume Postel as he is credited with the maps in Barker's biblical works. Two menacing sea monsters lurk off the coast, the Dead Sea is the Salt Sea and six coastal cities, including Gaza, are identified with building icons. The page (6.8" x 10") has English text on both sides. The lot includes a Xerox copy of the title page.
References: cf Laor #586.
Condition: B
On a full sheet with some soiling or foxing and roughness to upper margin. The map has wide margins at sides and bottom and an area of light foxing.
