Author: STOOPENDAAL, DANIEL [1672-1726]
Title: Perigrinatie oste Veertich-Iarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels. Uyt Egypten door de Roode Zee, ende de Woestyne, tot in't Beloofde Landt Canaan... (Map - Holy Land)
Description: Amsterdam, 1714, First Edition. No Binding. Atlas, No date (circa 1714). Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 37cm x 48cm.(14 ½ x 19"). This map depicts the Exodus from Egypt and the wanderings of the Children of Israel. The lower part of the map is elaborately engraved with a scene of the encampment and Moses receiving the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai. Adam, Eve, Cane and Abel flank the title cartouche. The map is further decorated with a convoy of ships bringing cedar for the building of Solomon's Temple, and Jonah and the whale. The map was based on Visscher's map of 1650. Dutch text on verso. Inside a mat board, but has not been removed from it for inspection. Size of the mat board is 62cm x 51cm. Small tear at the bottom part of the folding. More photos available upon request. Good condition.

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