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Auction 205, Lot 36

"Carte du Premier Periode du Monde Depuis Adam Iusqu'a Moise ou l'on Voit la Chronologie & la Genealogie des Premiers Patriarches avec des Remarques pour Conduire a l'Intelligence de l'Histoire Sacree", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Ancient World

Period: 1720 (published)

Publication: Atlas Historique, Tome VII

Color: Black & White

Size:
18.8 x 14.1 inches
47.8 x 35.8 cm
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This is a fascinating chart of the Old World surrounded and keyed to a Biblical genealogical family tree linking Adam and Moses. Panels of French text at sides provide an historical timeline for the history of the world before the birth of Christ.

References: Koeman, Cha 8 #3.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with a small fleur-de-lis watermark. There are a few small stains in the image, a bit of show-through at bottom left from old manuscript ink writing on verso, and the margins have been trimmed.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $75

Closed on 9/10/2025

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