May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 96

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(HOLY LAND.) Bernardus Sylvanus. Quarta Asiae Tabula. Double-page woodcut map of Cyprus, the Holy Land, and other parts of the Middle East as far as the Tigris River and Persian Gulf; lettering printed separately in red. Two sheets joined, 17x21½ inches overall, wide margins, verso printed with halves of two different regional maps; very minor wear and two spots of wormtrack at upper center fold but overall an excellent example; attractively float-mounted and framed in inlaid wood veneer by Eli Wilner. Laor 607. Venice, 1511