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    Sale 9834

    Travel and Natural History

    London, South Kensington

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    29 April 2004

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    Lot 145

    HOLLAR, Wenceslaus (1607-1677). Chorographica Terrae Sanctae Descriptio, [London:] 1657. 3 engraved maps and one plan on one sheet, the principal map a general one of the Holy Land, the smaller maps entitled ''Syria Veteris Descriptio'' and ''Peregrinatio Israelitarum in Deserto'', the plan entitled ''Castra Israelitarum in Deserto'', ruled in red (a few very small holes and spots), 380 x 496mm.

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    GBP 263

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    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    HOLLAR, Wenceslaus (1607-1677). Chorographica Terrae Sanctae Descriptio, [London:] 1657. 3 engraved maps and one plan on one sheet, the principal map a general one of the Holy Land, the smaller maps entitled "Syria Veteris Descriptio" and "Peregrinatio Israelitarum in Deserto", the plan entitled "Castra Israelitarum in Deserto", ruled in red (a few very small holes and spots), 380 x 496mm.

    With 10 other maps of the Holy Land including Christanus Adrichomius's Situs Terrae Promissionis (Amsterdam, 1658), Baptista van Doetechum's Tabula Geographicae (Amsterdam, c.1650), Philippe de la Rue's Pinax Geographicus Patriarchatus Hierosolymitani (Paris, 1651) and Nicolaus Visscher's Perigrinatie ofte Veertich-Iarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels... ([Amsterdam], c.1660). (11)

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