Cartographer:
FULLER, Thomas
Title:
CONFINIA PALESTINAE cum incolis ad ORIENTEM
Stock Code:
3085
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
Pisgah’s Sight of Palestine
Size: (W x H):
33cm x 28cm
13 inches x 11 inches
Date:
1650
Price:
£195
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 dealt with the ancient world, such works were very popular. Perhaps the one with the most quaint and decorative series of maps is that in Thomas Fuller’s Pisgah’s Sight of Palestine” (Tooley: Maps and Mapmakers, p. 104)
Fine condition