Dec 03, 2009 - Sale 2198

Sale 2198 - Lot 245

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
TIRINUS, JACOBUS. Chorographia Terrae Sanctae. Engraved two-sheet folding map joined, 325x805 mm overall, wide margins; hand-colored in outline, vignettes entirely colored. Venice, circa 1786
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Full title of the map claims that it corrects mapping errors from the past. The map originally appeared in 1632 under the Antwerp imprint of Martinus Nutius. At the bottom center of the map is an oval city plan of Jerusalem. Numerous Biblical objects are shown in the remaining vignettes. Laor 771A.