The Exodus Route from Egypt to Canaan, Antique Wyld Map, 1823
€ 285
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1823
Mapmaker / artist
James Wyld; engraved by G. Neele
Publisher
G. and W. B. Whittaker, London
Technique
Copper engraving
Coloring
Original hand color
Sheet size
26 × 34 cm (10.2 × 13.4 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14409-5
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. Foxing over much of the margin. All four corners are present. Several larger brown marks. Original center fold as issued.
About this sheet
This is an original antique copper engraved map with original hand coloring, published in 1823 as plate V of James Wyld's Geographia Sacra, or Scripture Atlas. The title, engraved in a flourished cartouche on a pink panel at the lower right, reads "JOURNEYINGS of the CHILDREN of ISRAEL, from Egypt, to the LAND of CANAAN."
The map runs from the Nile delta and Egypt on the left, washed in green, across the desert of Etham and Arabia to Canaan and the land east of the Jordan at the upper right. The Sea of Zuph or Red Sea and the Gulf of Elath enclose the Sinai peninsula, with Mount Horeb and Sinai drawn in hachure near its southern end. The route of the Israelites is drawn as a line from the delta past Pihahiroth and across the head of the sea, then south by Marah and the Wells of Elim to Rephidim and Sinai, and north through the wilderness of Paran to Kadesh, Mount Hor and Ezion gaber. The stations along it are marked with small squares and named, and a key under the scale of British Statute Miles reads "Route of the Israelites."
Under the lower left corner of the border is the credit "J. Wyld del.", under the lower right corner "G. Neele Sculp.", and centered between them the imprint "Publish'd by G. & W. B. Whittaker, 13, Ave Maria Lane, April 1823." The plate number "V." is engraved above the upper right corner of the border.
The map comes from Geographia Sacra, or Scripture Atlas, published in London in 1823 by G. and W. B. Whittaker, whose imprint runs along the lower margin. The engraved title page of the atlas names its author as Wyld "of the Quarter Master General's Office, Horse Guards". James Wyld the elder (1790 to 1836) was a London geographer and map publisher.
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. Foxing over much of the margin. All four corners are present. Several larger brown marks. Original center fold as issued.
This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
