Auction 80
Fine Judaica: * A Singular Collection of Important Hebrew Manuscripts. * Printed Books: Exceptional Offering from Two Notable Collections. * The Yosef Goldman Collection of American-Judaica.
Mar 28, 2019
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USA
242 West 30th Street, 12th Floor, New York NY 10001
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Sold for: $600
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De Gelegentheyt van’t Paradys ende t’Lant Canaan.
Hand-colored copperplate map.
14 x 19.5 inches (35.5 x 49.5 cm).
Amsterdam, 1646 (or later):
A decorative map of the Near East, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. The Garden of Eden is depicted to the east of Babel. Abraham’s journey from Ur to the Promised Land is delineated, while two engravings flank the title cartouche; one of Adam and Eve partaking in the Forbidden Fruit and the other depicting the Expulsion from Eden.
