PCT-61453

Antique Map of the Perigrination by Calmet (c.1725)

  • Condition: Good, given age. Slight discolouration on the left on fold. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: c.1725
  • Overall size: 47.5 x 36.5 cm.
  • Image size: 44.2 x 32.2 cm.
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.. Antique Map of the Perigrination by Calmet (c.1725)

Description: Antique map titled 'Tabula Itineris, & Stationum Israelitarum in Deserto (..).' Decorative map of the Perigrination or 40 years of wandering in the desert of the Israelites from Egypt to the Jordan, published for Augustinus Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible.

This plate originates from: 'Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bijbel. Dienende tot de gedenk-stukken der Jooden en andere oudheden, ter opheldering der H. Schrift ... Nu in't Nederduitsch overgezet, merkelyk vermeerdert, en met aanmerkingen verrykt, door Mattheus Gargon.' and it's additons: 'Byvogzel tot het algemeen groot ... Naam- en woord-boek ... En nu in zuiver Nederduitsch overgezet, merkelyk vermeerdert, en metv aanmerkingen verrykt, door Jakob van Ostade en Arn. Henr. Westerhovius.', by Augustines Calmet, published in Leiden, Amsterdam, by Samuel Luchtmans, R. & J. Wetstein en Smith 1725-1731. This is a reknown encyclopaedic dictionary on all aspects of the history, geography and culture of the Bible and Biblical times. This Dutch translation originates from Calmet's work in French including: 'Commentaire litteral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament ...', first published in Paris in 1707.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Antoine Augustin Calmet'.