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Auction 141, Lot 604

"Voyage des Enfans d'Israel dans le Desert Depuis leur Sortie d'Egypte par la Mer Rouge", Covens & Mortier

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1725 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Antiquus

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.3 x 15.5 inches
46.5 x 39.4 cm
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This interesting pictorial map focuses on the Exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land and their wandering in the desert. Mount Sinai is prominent at the center of the map. At top left are the Jordan River and the Mare Mortuum (Dead Sea) and at bottom right is a graphic scene of the pursuing Egyptians being swallowed in the Red Sea following the successful escape of the Hebrews. Numerous place names and biblical references fill the map which is decorated with a large title cartouche depicting women gathering the Manna.

References: Laor #507A.

Condition: B+

Watermarked paper with archival repairs to centerfold separations at top and bottom.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $325

Closed on 9/5/2012

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