Bidspirit auction | SANSON, NICOLAS “Terra Promissa in

SANSON, NICOLAS “Terra Promissa in suas tribus partesque diuisa auctore N. Sanson albauilleo pro Hist de Republica Hebreorum Caroli Sigonii concinnata.” Hand-colored copperplate engraved map. 16 x 22.2 inches (40.6 x 56.5 cm). Milan, 1734: From: Caroli Sigonii Mutinensis Opera omnia… Milan, 1732-37. The map is based on Sanson’s 1662 “Terra Sancta” and marks the Biblical division of the Land of Israel among the Twelve Tribes. It features a prominent title cartouche in the upper left with a tabernacle flanked by two cherubim of the Holy Ark. At lower right is a distance scale. From: Caroli Sigonii Mutinensis Opera omnia… Milan, 1732-37. The map is based on Sanson’s 1662 “Terra Sancta” and marks the Biblical division of the Land of Israel among the Twelve Tribes. It features a prominent title cartouche in the upper left with a tabernacle flanked by two cherubim of the Holy Ark. At lower right is a distance scale.