Abraham Ortelius
Holy Land, 1598
3 x 5 in
8 x 13 cm
8 x 13 cm
MEAST4579
Miniature map of the Holy Land showing the route of the Exodus from the mythical Egyptian city of 'Rameses', through the Red Sea to the Sea of Galilee. French text...
Miniature map of the Holy Land showing the route of the Exodus from the mythical Egyptian city of "Rameses", through the Red Sea to the Sea of Galilee.
French text on the reserve suggests this was the edition edited and published by Philippe Galle, a well known publisher, engraver and personal friend of Christopher Plantin, the publisher of Orteius's folio maps.
Coloured. [MEAST4579]
French text on the reserve suggests this was the edition edited and published by Philippe Galle, a well known publisher, engraver and personal friend of Christopher Plantin, the publisher of Orteius's folio maps.
Coloured. [MEAST4579]
