A very interesting and decorative map of the Holy Land by the Jesuit monk Jacobus Tirinus. Oriented to the east, map depicts from Syria and Tyre southward as far as the Sinai, Egypt and Thebes. The Mediterranean is decorated with sailing ships and, in the lower left quadrant, a surveying tool between two censors. Surrounding the map proper on the left, right, and bottom margins, there are 19 maps and images of Biblical objects. The largest and most central of these is a stunning inset of Jerusalem, which notes the various temples and important buildings located there. Other images include the Arc of the Covenant, Israelite coins, Roman antiquities, views of a Menorah, various angels, and a plan of the Temple. From the S. Scripturam commentarius duobus tomus comprehensus, quibus explicantur hoc primo post varia prolegomena Vetus fere Testamentum published in Venice in 1730.
Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta, et ex Variis Auctoribus…
- Dimension: 310 x 820 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
- Year: 1730
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A fine map of the ancient kingdoms of Judea and Israel based on Tilleman Stella’s maps of 1552 and 1557
- Dimension: 35,5 x 46,5 cm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
- Year: 1624
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Uncommon detailed map of Holy Land centered on Jerusalem. It is orientated with north to the left and based on Adrichom’s map of 1590. In the title Coronelli is granted as mapmaker but the nice map is from an unidentified work (perhaps an 8° french volume) because Coronelli never published a map of the Holy Land. Not in Laor.
- Dimension: 21,5 x 49,5
- Year: 1714
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The territories represented encompass the modern Middle East—including Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Iraq (Mesopotamia, recorded on the map by its ancient name, Babylonia), and the entirety of the Arabian Peninsula. However, the map extends far beyond these borders, embracing an exceptionally broad geographical horizon: From West to East: It stretches from the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean (Maris Terranei Pars) and the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) to the remote lands of India this side…
- Dimension: 45,5 x 35,5 cm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
- Year: 1624
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A rare satirical caricature showing the British Empire as a mighty colossus standing astride the Dardanelles facing the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. The fine lithograph refers to an episode in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) when the Ottomans defeated by the Russians were aided by the British Empire. A warning to the world against Russia’s duplicity, but also against Great Britain itself, which, although a saviour here, nevertheless expresses a sinister…
- Dimension: 40 x 56 cm
- Place of publication: Bologna
- Year: 1877
