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Auction 175, Lot 542

"De Gelegentheyt van 't Paradys en 't Landt Canaan, Mitsgaders d'Eerst Bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen...", Stoopendaal, Daniel

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1736 (circa)

Publication: Biblia, dat is de Gantsche H. Schrifture...

Color: Black & White

Size:
17.5 x 12 inches
44.5 x 30.5 cm
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This Dutch Bible map covers the region between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, depicting numerous Biblical sites, including the wanderings of the Children of Israel, Jonas & the whale, and the Garden of Eden. The map is richly embellished with a banner style title cartouche and four corner vignettes - the creation of Adam & Eve, Paradise, Eve offering Adam the apple, and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. At bottom center is a large scene of the Ark. Dutch text on verso. Published by Jacob and Pieter Keur.

References: Poortman & Augusteijn #131 GIII<sup>3</sup>.

Condition: A

Issued folding on a bright sheet with a couple of damp stains in the bottom blank margins and an ink spot just below the center of the image.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $90

Closed on 11/13/2019

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