Map of the Holy Land
1682
Map of the Holy Land. Georg Böeckler (1644-1698). Copper engraving, 1682. Sheet dimensions: 20.4 x 25.9 cm. Plate mark dimensions: 19.9 x 25.3 cm. Narrow margins, two normal longitudinal folds as the engraving was folded in its book. Old coloring. Very beautiful and rare map of the Holy Land, signed by Georg Böeckler in the plate. It presents the territories of the 12 tribes of Israel. Depicted are the portraits of Moses and Aaron. Merchant ships transporting cedar from Lebanon for Solomon's Temple are also observed. The winding path between Egypt and the Jordan is also represented. Finally, the relics of the Temple and other religious Judaica objects, as well as the Ark of the Covenant, are observed.
Rare map of the Holy Land. 1682. The route from the Red Sea, ships loaded with cedar from Lebanon for the Temple, the territories of the 12 tribes of Israel, the Ark of the Covenant, the portraits of Moses and Aaron are observed... Beautiful preservation.
