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AA, PIETER VAN DER - De Veertig-Jaarige Reys-Togten der Kinderen Israels… naa het Beloofde Land Kanaans. Hand-colored, copperplate double-page. 13 x 31.5 inches (33 x 80 cm). Leiden, 1729: An attractive topographic perspective of the Sinai Desert and the wanderings of Israelites within it. Includes an imagined east-west mountain range marking the border of the Land of Israel. Various Biblical objects lie haphazardly above the title cartouche, including a crown, scepter, priestly turban, scroll and incense.