"Sacred Geography" by Samuel Bochart – Leiden, 1692 – Maps with Hebrew Captions

"Sacred Geography" by Samuel Bochart – Leiden, 1692 – Maps with Hebrew Captions
Samuelis Bocharti Opera Omnia / Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan [The Complete Works of Samuel Bochart / Sacred Geography, or Peleg and Canaan]. Leiden: Cornelium Boutesteyn & Jordanum Luchtmans, 1692. Latin with some Hebrew, Arabic in Hebrew characters and Greek.
An important work by French theologian, geographer and Orientalist Samuel Bochart (1599-1667), dealing with the history of the nations of the world and their languages, according to the Bible and other sources. The first part of the book describes the various nations descended from Noah and their scattering after the fall of the Tower of Babel and the confounding of languages. The second part deals with the Phoenician nations.
The book contains thirteen maps (four of them double-spread): countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Syria and Egypt, Mesopotamia and Babylonia, Asia and Europe, Greece and the Aegean Sea, Italy, Sicily, Cyprus, Spain, Sri Lanka, and more. With numerous Hebrew titles and place-names, some transcribed into Hebrew from other languages. Engraved title page (depicting Adam naming the animals) and an engraved portrait of the author.
[7] leaves, 36 pp, [6] leaves, 1312 columns (mispagination, less than 1312), [30] leaves + [15] engraved plates. 38 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Some ink corrosion. A few open tears to margins. Worming, mainly to margins (slightly affecting text. The book was fumigated). One engraved plate browned. Original vellum boards, with blemishes.