Bidspirit auction | LE CLERC, JEAN. Tabula Terrae

LE CLERC, JEAN. Tabula Terrae Sanctae in Usum eorum qui Pentateuchum Legunt (A Map of the Holy Land for the Use of those Who Read the Pentateuch). Copperplate map, colored. 12 x 15 inches (30 x 38 cm). Amsterdam, 1710 (or later).: Notably, the Mediteranean and Dead seas are mentioned in Hebrew in addition to Latin. Jean Le Clerc was a radical theologian whose critiques of the Bible eventually drove him out of Geneva. The present map is from the second edition of his Biblical commentary (Amsterdam, 1710). For high resolution images of this lot, please refer to our website at https://www.kestenbaum.net/auction/Auction-97/ .