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ARIAS MONTANUS, BENEDICTUS. Antiquitatum Judaicarum libri IX. Folding double-page double-hemispheric world map (in second state, with "gentes" added below "Iektan" in cartouche at lower left), 2 folding maps of the Holy Land, and 10 (of 13) folding engraved plates by Pieter Huys and Johan Wierix; lacks plates m, n, and q. 4to, contemporary limp vellum with remnants of thong ties; contents toned with scattered foxing and stains, world map somewhat worn along edges with partial separation at intersection of folds in center, Holy Land maps and a few plates crudely reinforced on verso, several small portions of image excised from plates E and P. Later ownership inscription of the Seminario Conciliar of Mexico City on title, their branded ownership mark on top edges. Leiden: ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1593
first separate edition of writings on Old Testament geography, ritual observance, chronology, etc., originally published in the 1572 final volume of the Plantin Polyglot Bible edited by Arias. The world map illustrates the dispersion of the descendants of Noah, with some shown to have ended up in North and South America. "There is an unusual island shown in the position of Australia which has given rise to speculation, although . . . it probably represents no more than the engraver's licence"--Shirley 125. Palau 16496; not in Alden.
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