Author: Haraeus, Franciscus. (Frans van Haren)
Title: Lumen Historiarum Per Orientem Illustrandis Biblijs Sacris, Martijrologio & Alijs Multis a Fran. Hareio Concinnatum
Description: [Hague], Pieter de Hondt, 1741. 379 x 471 mm. Copperplate map with inset map "Iudaeae amplior descriptio" 23.5 x 12.0 cm, showing Palestine, divided among the tribes. Map, inset, borders, and cartouche hand-colored. This map was first published in Ortelius' Parergon 1624. Most likely from the French edition of Jansson's Accuratissima orbis antiqui delineatio": Entitled Description exacte de l'univers, Hague, Pieter de Hondt, 1741. as some French impressions can be seen on the verso. Map. Cropped to the border and mounted on old heavy stock now stained at the borders (not affecting map); one corner partially lifted, small margin teat at top of center fold, again on the mounted material, not the map.

Keywords: Near East, , Exploration & Travel, Near East, map, Holy Land, Palestine, Middle east, 18th c., newyork2011,


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