"Palaestina", Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'
Subject: Holy Land
Period: 1794 (dated)
Publication: A Complete Body of Ancient Geography...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16.6 x 14.7 inches
42.2 x 37.3 cm
This is a fine map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River, which includes a large bulge between the Lake of Tiberias and the Dead Sea. Insets show the twelve Tribes of Israel and a plan of ancient Jerusalem. The distance scales include Roman, Grecian, Arabian, French and Jewish Measures. This is the British version of this map, with Laurie & Whittle's imprint at bottom.
References: Laor #36.
Condition: B+
Original outline color with very light toning and offsetting. A centerfold separation confined to the top blank margin has been archivally repaired.
