A beautifully engraved map of the Holy Land, with east at the top. Jonah and the Whale are depicted in the bottom left corner and the scale is shown in `Hours of travel`.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 50 x 37 cm. (19½ x 14½ inches). x / x

Rare and beautifully engraved map of the ancient land of Canaan which roughly corresponds to present-day Israel. The map is based on the work of Visscher showing the Holy Land with a great amount of detail. The track of Apostle Paul is shown in the Mediterranean Sea and the map is embellished with ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 46 x 26.5 cm. (18 x 10½ inches) x / x

A beautiful map of the Holy Land, with title cartouche at top centre, flanked by garlands and cherubs, ships at sea. Inset view of tented tabernacle guarded by the twelve tribes, within decorated cartouche. Two scales at lower right

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 55 x 46 cm. (21½ x 18 inches) x / x

A most attractive wood engraving in the copper plate style. The title is in Gothic German.

A fine example of original colour. Magnificent cartouche at top left, with Moses holding a tablet up to the Heavens as light streams down from behind a cloud. Secondary cartouche at lower left has an inset of Sinai and Canaan

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 56 x 48 cm. (22 x 19 inches) x / x

An attractive map of the Holy Land showing the route of the Israelites out of Egypt.Decorative borders to title, text and whole map. Text in Latin. Title cartouche at lower right. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne, which, at the time was the centre for German cartography. ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 28 x 19.5 cm. (11 x 7½ inches). x / x

A map focusing on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, from just south of Gaza to just north of Tripoli, extending well into present-day Jordan and Syria. James Wyld was successor to William Faden, one of the luminaries of late eighteenth century publishing in England. Wyld maintained the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 96.5 cm. x / x

Map of the Land of the Tribe of Reuben, where the River Jordan meets the Dead Sea. Dramatic biblical scenes represented on map. Shield of the Tribe of Reuben at centre left. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11 inches) x / x

Map of the coast and hinterland of Sidon and Tyre. Coat of Arms and dedication to ‘Leonardo Gleane’, scale cartouche, with Neptune riding a satyr. Sheild of the Tribe of Assher at top left. Dramatic biblical scenes represented on map. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11 inches) x / x

Map of the land of the tribes of Zebulon, Issachar and Manasses, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean. Dramatic biblical scenes represented on map. Shield of the Tribe of Issachar left of centre lower edge. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11 inches) x / x

Elegant map of the land to the north west of the Sea of Galilee. The shield of ‘Napthali’ at top right. Dedication to and coat of arms of ‘Thomae Bowyer,’ at top left. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11 inches) x / x

Various biblical and battle scenes are shown on the map. Shield of Gad at lower left. Arms of ‘Hugoni Windham’ on top border. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very popular. Perhaps the one with the most quaint and ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11 inches) x / x

Map of Galilee, with Mount Carmel at left and the Sea of Galilee to the right. Scale at lower right. Arms of ‘Rogero Vivion’at top left. Biblical scenes represented on map. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11 inches) x / x

Map of Gilead to the northeast of the Sea of Galilee. Scale at lower right. Shield of Manasseh and arms of ‘ Richardo Pigot’ at top left. Biblical scenes represented on map “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11 inches) x / x

Map of area between the Dead Sea and the Arabian Desert Sea. Various battle scenes represented on map, burning clouds, the tent of Job, armies on foot, burniong towns and herds of camels. Arms of ‘Henrico Barnard’ at top right. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11 inches) x / x

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 45 x 26 cm. (17½ x 10 inches). x / x

Map of the Holy Land with decorated cartouche at lower left. Inset map, with its own cartouche- ‘Carte de la Terre de Canaan’.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 59 x 48 cm. (23 x 19 inches). x / x

Map of the Holy land with ornamented cartouche at top left, with title in baroque frame, draped with cloth and garlands

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 49 x 67 cm. (19½ x 26½ inches) x / x

A handsome map of Asia Minor, from the tip of Italy to the Persian Gulf, showing the routes of the Apostles. With vignettes of each of the 12 apostles beneath the map. Coat of Arms at lower left.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 46 x 30 cm. (18 x 12 inches.). x / x

Giovanni Botero (1533–1617) was Secretary to the Duke of Savoy when he compiled his Relationi Universali; “this political and geographical description of the different countries of the world was very successful and translated into a number of languages” (Burden), including English (London 1603).

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 11 x 8 cm. (4½ x 3 inches) x / x

Beautiful map of from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius and others added maps ot the later editions of the Atlas Minor.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 19 x 14 cm. (7½ x 5½ inches). x / x

Highly decorative map of Israel - The kingdom of Herod, and how its regions were divided up between Herod’s 3 sons. There are two cartouches, both with deorated with vegetation and baroque ornamentation, Inset view of a figure (presumably Herod,) giving orders to builders

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 39 x 33.5 cm. (15½ x 13 inches) x / x

A detailed map showing Israel divided into the twelve tribes.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 23 x 32 cm. (9 x 12½ inches) x / x

A fine, late copper engraving of the Holy Land. Title and scales at top left.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 43 x 53 cm. (17 x 21 inches). x / x

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. This was a compact version of his General Atlas, and shows the high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy that has led many to consider Cary as the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 23 x 28 cm. (9 x 11 inches). x / x

Title cartouche. East is to the top

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 18.5 x 13 cm. (7½ x 5 inches) Mounted size: 38 x 33 cm x / x

A Highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 25 x 35 cm. (10 x 14 inches) x / x

Detailed map of Syria separated into two sections. The right hand map of the south division includes an inset of the Environs of Jerusalem and a list translating common Arabic words used in the map.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 50 x 34.5 cm. (19½ x 13½ inches). x / x

Full title - A new General Atlas of the World, Compiled from the latest authorities both English and Foreign, Containing separate Maps of its various Countries & States, and exhibiting their boundaries & Divisions, also the Chains of Mountains, Rivers, Lakes and other Goegraphical Features, ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 35 x 43 cm. (14 x 17 inches) x / x

Map of southern Israel and parts of Syria. There is a text in Latin at right alluding to Delisle. Two scales at lower right.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 49 x 34 cm. (19½ x 13½ inches). x / x

A Highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 25 x 35 cm. (10 x 14 inches) x / x

A Highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 25 x 35 cm. (10 x 14 inches) x / x

A highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 25 x 35 cm. (10 x 14 inches) x / x