Lot
285
COVENS, Johannes & Cornelius MORTIER (fl.1721-1774). A collection of 16 maps of the Holy Land. [Amsterdam: 1725]. The collection comprises 8 maps of the tribes of Israel, including Carte de la Terre Sainte divisie selon les Douze Tribus d'Israel. Hand-coloured engraved map of the Holy Land, (559 x 658mm). Title set in decorative vignette at upper left showing of Christ healing the sick, scale bar set in cartouche, compass rose (discolouration to edges.) -- Terra promissa in sortes seu tribus XII distincta seu tabula ad librum Iosue. Amsterdam: [1719 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map of the Holy Land, (558 x 662mm). Title set in cartouche at upper left, compass rose (spotting and discolouration at edges) -- Iudaea seu Terra Sancta, quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum in suas duodecim tribus divisa. Amsterdam: [1719 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map of the Holy Land, (558 x 656mm). Title and scale bar set in decorative cartouches (marginal tear along centrefold, discolouration to edges); together with 8 other maps of the Holy Land by Covens and Mortier.
A series of maps of the Holy Land from Covens and Mortier's Atlas antiquus. After the death of the widow of Pieter Mortier in 1719, the firm continued till 1778 as Covens & Mortier. They published numerous atlases and pocket atlases, using maps after De L'Isle and Jaillot. Laor, Maps of the Holy Land, entry 222, 223. (16)
Estimate
GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800
COVENS, Johannes & Cornelius MORTIER (fl.1721-1774). A collection of 16 maps of the Holy Land. [Amsterdam: 1725]. The collection comprises 8 maps of the tribes of Israel, including Carte de la Terre Sainte divisie selon les Douze Tribus d'Israel. Hand-coloured engraved map of the Holy Land, (559 x 658mm). Title set in decorative vignette at upper left showing of Christ healing the sick, scale bar set in cartouche, compass rose (discolouration to edges.) -- Terra promissa in sortes seu tribus XII distincta seu tabula ad librum Iosue. Amsterdam: [1719 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map of the Holy Land, (558 x 662mm). Title set in cartouche at upper left, compass rose (spotting and discolouration at edges) -- Iudaea seu Terra Sancta, quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum in suas duodecim tribus divisa. Amsterdam: [1719 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map of the Holy Land, (558 x 656mm). Title and scale bar set in decorative cartouches (marginal tear along centrefold, discolouration to edges); together with 8 other maps of the Holy Land by Covens and Mortier.
A series of maps of the Holy Land from Covens and Mortier's Atlas antiquus. After the death of the widow of Pieter Mortier in 1719, the firm continued till 1778 as Covens & Mortier. They published numerous atlases and pocket atlases, using maps after De L'Isle and Jaillot. Laor, Maps of the Holy Land, entry 222, 223. (16)