Bocharto Samuele was a prominent mapmakers and author of Holy Land travelogues. His geographic work has two sections and added maps. Many editions of the book were printed in Germany and Holland. But the first edition was printed in Cadomi, France today known as Caen. French. This edition is exceptionally rare. The book is divided into two sections. Geographiae Sacrae Pars Prior Phaleg and …Altera Chanaan. Both were printed in France in the above city in 1646. Together, both parts contain about 868 pages in addition to indexes and introductions: General: Map of Canaan-Eretz Israel and all of its surrounding areas, two miniature inset maps on the left side. A second map: Asia Major and inside many miniature maps both on the right and the left. A third map: Map of Italy and to its side, a map of Africa in a separate border.A fourth map: “Gizerat Segulia” (in Hebrew). All of the maps have listings of their places in Hebrew and Latin. This Hebrew map was printed some 50 years before the Hebrew Amsterdam map that is considered to be the first Hebrew map ever. Laor did not see these maps and referred to them in nos. 114 and 115 from a later Dutch edition. Weintraub in his book about “Hebrew maps” cites only one of the maps from this first edition, with an erroneous date of print (no. 22 in his book). As such, he apparently did not see the book itself. All of the maps are printed on large double size paper (41 x 34 cm.) and their condition as well as that of the book is very good.
48×33 cm. Colored map including the Jewish and Arabic settlements at the end of the 1930s, including transportation routes, railroad tracks and a close up photo of the Negev. Pasted onto cardboard, light tear in the fold, fine condition.
Collection of eight geographic maps of the Holy Land. Various maps. Printed in various countries. Some maps with tribal divisions. Fine – very fine condition.
Collection of seven antiquated maps of the Holy Land with tribal divisions. Printed in different countries. Fine-very fine condition.
Map of the Holy Land by C.W.M. Welde. Printed in 1858, Gotha. Map comprised of 8 sections, together representing the entire Holy Land. Each section measures about 47×39 cm. Missing section 8, a square of Jerusalem, that doesn’t compromise the completion of the map. fine-very fine condition. Laor 778.
Portfolio including 26 Israeli maps. Ministry of Labor, Department of Measurements. Tel Aviv, [1967-1970]. 26 maps, each map measures 46×55 cm. Colored and folded as a booklet, within a case. The maps are on a scale of 1:100,000. Rare set of maps that are not in the National Library. Original, rubbed cardboard portfolio. Along the width of the portfolio there is a sketch of Israel and the division of the maps. The maps are in very fine condition.
[1] pg. 166×260 mm. Map of the Mediterranean Sea, from South Turkey to the Delta Nile. Impressive woodcut. Including drawings of houses in Jerusalem, in the Galilee and more. Fish in the sea. Tiny ships. In the map two frames of text in German, and German text on the other side of page. One worm hole. Very fine condition.
palestinae siue totius terrae promissionis nova descriptio auctore tilemanno stella sigenens Map of the Holy Land. ng. By Abraham Ortelius, following Tilemanno Stella. Antwerp, 1575. 56×90 cm. Latin. Copperplate engraving, tribal borders. Israelites’ path through the desert. “1579” printed above the cartouche in the upper left corner. First edition from the second of three plates. Quality paper, minimal marginal worming holes. Small tear in the fold. Very fine condition.
“Thet forloffuadhe Canaans Landz Bescriffuelse. Map of Israel before Arrival of the Israelites. By Heinrich Bunting. Stockholm, 1595. 29×20 cm. Old Swedish. Beautiful woodcut. Depicts the coastline from Sidon to Gaza, south of Sodom. Marks Biblical locations: Jericho, Givon, Mt. Tabor, and more. Jerusalem is noted by some of its other names: Shalem and Jebus. B&W. From the Swedish edition “Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae Thetar Een Reesebook.” 20 cm x 29 cm. Very rare map. Not in Laor. Laor pp. 139 lists other editions Professional repair at left. Fine condition.
Thet Helighe Landzens Taffla/tienligh til anie testamentet. Map of Eretz Yisrael during Biblical times, divided into three regions: Galilee, Samaria and Judea. By Heinrich Bunting. Stockholm, 1595. 29×23 cm. Old Swedish. Nice woodcut, shoreline from Sidon through Gaza. The Dead Sea in the south, with the Jordan and Arnon Rivers emptying into it. Biblical locations marked: Jerusalem, Jericho, Efron, Mt. Tabor and more. From the Swedish edition: “….Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae Thetar Een Reesebook”. Very rare map. Not listed by Laor. Professionally restored blemish to the left margin. Very fine condition.
“Thet Helighe Landzens Egentligh.” The Land of Israel divided by the 12 tribes. Both banks of the Jordan River. Heinrich Bunting. Stockholm, 1595. 29×38 cm. Old Swedish. Nice woodcut depicting the coastline from Beirut to Gaza; the Mountains of the Gilead in the East; the mountains of Lebanon and the Hermon in the North; and the Dead Sea in the South. Black and white. Swedish explantoary text on the reverse. A number of light professional repairs. Fine condition. Not listed by Laor. Very rare.
Israelites’ travels from Egypt. By Heinrich Bunting. Stockholm, 1595. 29×37 cm. Old Swedish. Nice woodcut, Israelite’s travels from Ramses through Jericho. Shoreline from Jaffa through the Nile Delta. Illustrations related to the exodus from Egypt, for instance: an Egyptian soldier drowning in the Yam Suf. Black and white. Explanatory text in Swedish on the reverse. Not listed by Laor. A number of light professional repairs. Fine condition.
Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina. Map of the Holy Land divided amongst the twelve tribes. Amsterdam, 1619. 48×57 cm. Colored. Copperplate engraving. View from west to east. Shoreline from Beirut to Gaza .From Mercator, Gerrard. Atlas sive cosmographicae meditations. This map is an updated engraving of Ortelius’ map of 1584 that was designed by Schort, and based on Laicstain Mercator’s description. With an additional illustration of Jonah being thrown from the ship to the whale and an illustration of Sodom and Gomorrah burning in the Dead Sea. Small loss in the fold. Very fine condition. Laor, 494.
Map of Israel, drawn by KARA. Colored. Published by Dr. Y. Shapiro, Tel-Aviv, printed in Kfar Monash, [1949-1950]. [1] large pg. 34.5×64 cm. ‘Year two to the State of Israel’ printed at the head of the page. Signed by the artist in Hebrew and Latin at top left hand side. One of the most impressive and colorful maps of that time period. Original fold marks. Very fine condition. Includes ten additional Hebrew maps from those years. Some decorative and colorful. All are in fine condition.
Desruccio Iherosolime. Panoramic map of Jerusalem during its destruction. By Hartmann Schedel. Nurnberg 1493. Incunabula. Folded leaf. 40×56 cm. Latin. View from east to west. Depicts the Holy Temple in flames. From: Liber cronicarum [The Nurnberg Chronicle], leaf LXIII (in the upper right corner). Woodcut. By Michael Wohlgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. One of the first original maps of Jerusalem still extant today. Latin text on the reverse along with anti-Semitic illustrations. Quality paper. Small holes in the fold. Very fine condition. Laor, 1125.
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt arranged by Colonel Sir Charles Wilson. London, [1884]. Four volumes. 32 cm. Additional volume: Social Life in Egypt, a description of the country and its people. By Stanley Lane-Poole. London, 1884. Hundreds of illustrations, including large illustrations printed on special paper. The title page notes that this is a supplement to Picturesque Palestin. 32 cm. Printed on quality paper. Comprehensive guide and study of Palestine, written with the aid of experts in the field, includes scenery, customs, dress and commerce. Hundreds of illustrations, including tens of large illustrations printed on special paper. This is Colonel Sir Charles Wilson’s most significant work. The Wilson Arch located near the Western Wall is named for him. One of the fundamental works for the study of Jerusalem and Palestine in the 19th century. Original bindings with gold embossing. Gilt cut leaves. Minimal worming holes – primarily to the binding itself. Very fine condition.
Samuelis Bocharti Geographia sacra, seu, Phaleg et Canaan. [Leiden, 1692?]. Geographic work on the land of Cana’an and other nations mentioned in Genesis. Latin. Includes 13 maps printed on special paper, including large folded maps. The maps of the various lands are partially written in Hebrew [!]. There are very few known maps of the Holy Land and the Middle East from such an early era in Hebrew. Missing the title page, but including all the maps. Portrait of the author at the beginning. Samuelis Bocharti (1599-1667) was an Orientalist and a French Protestant priest. Old parchment binding. Minimal aging stains. Very fine condition.
Three travelogues to the Holy Land with colored plates. London, 1864-1870. *Scenes in the East. First edition, London 1870. 49 pages. Includes 12 colored works of cities in the land and an eye-catching, impressive panoramic map of Jerusalem (28×53). (This map is missing from the copies in libraries). Gilt cut leaves and an illustrated, gilt binding. Fine condition. *Lakes and Rivers of the Bible. First edition, London 1864. 224 pages. Includes twelve colored illustrated plates of the water sources mentioned in the Bible, with protective parchment paper. The book features a geographic and musical description of the land. Gilt cut leaves and gilt binding. Very fine condition. *Jerusalem and its environs. Second edition. London, 1864. 224 pages. Includes 4 colored plates of Jerusalem (with protective parchment paper) that did not appear in the first edition. Geographic description of the land and its vegetation, along with a musical description with music notes for an Arabic wedding at the Dead Sea. Very fine condition. Gilt cut leaves and an illustrated, gilt binding. Inscription on the binding. Fine condition.
An imaginary map of the walled city of Jerusalem. The Temple surrounded by a round city as it was traditionally depcited in the Middle Ages. By Hartmann Schedel. Nuremberg, 1493. Incunabulum.
A beautiful wooden engraving. Black and white.
From Liber Chronicarum: Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten [Nuremberg Chronicle], p. xvii, the German edition.
Printed only 40 years after the invention of the printing press and a year after the expulsion of Spanish Jewry and Columbus’s discovery of America. One of the earliest maps of Jerusalem currently known.
Leor, 1123. Rubin, Jerusalem in Maps and Views, page 60.
Engraving size: 23×19 cm. Leaf size: 40×28 cm.
* Campo Dege Israeliti. An engraving of the Tabernacle including the symbols of the tribes, the tribes’ camping places around the Tabernacle, and the census of each tribe. Size: 34×22 cm.
* Rama. A large engraving depicting the Rama. 1740. Size: 63×24 cm.
* Tabula Israelitarum in Deserto . A map of the Land of Israel including the Arabian Desert. Size: 46×35 cm.
* Mensvrae Quibus Veteres Locorum Intervalla Metiuntur. An engraving depicting ancient Jerusalem with the Temple Mount in its center, with two pleasant cartouche at the bottom. Size: 30×20 cm.
* Tribus Juda Verfa Orientem. A map of the area of Judea with two pleasant cartouche. Writing in Latin. Size: 39×30 cm.
* Syrie Ancienna. A map of the Land of Israel including Syria. 11×15 cm.
* Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia. A map of the Land of Israel including the continent of Asia. Size: 19×15 cm.
Sizes and condition vary, fine overall condition.
* Jtalliae Pars . Geographic map of sections of North Africa, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy, with Latin and Hebrew text [some of the locations are marked with their Biblical names such as: Mt. Ebal, Evra, Tifsach and others].
* Taprobana Insvla Des Criptio Ptol . India. Hebrew letters at center of the map.
* The Black Sea. Map integrates Latin with Aramaic words in Hebrew letters, such as שכן דארעא, חלק טהיר, פליא נחש and more.
* Patica Partis . The Iberian Peninsula, various texts in Latin and parallel Hebrew: Tarshish, Shual etc.
Average size: 29×20 cm.
Varying conditions, overall fine condition.
* Map of Canaan or the Holy Land . Published by Baldwin & Gradock, London 1855. Size: 18×15 cm.
* Journeyings of the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan. London 1831. Size: 23×15 cm.
* Palestine. A large map of the Land of Israel. On the right are two small maps according to the kingdoms of David and Shlomo. On the right is a pleasant cartouche in the form of a tent, with the word Israel written in Hebrew and English. Size: 30×22 cm. Early 19th century.
* Map of Palestine published by Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh 1859. Size: 56×47 cm. Folding mark in the center of the map.
All of the maps are in fine condition.
* The Desert Arabia. A map of the Arabian Desert, including Egypt’s sea, early 17th century. 26×35 cm.
* Arabia Petraea et Deferta , Arabian Desert, 17-18th century. 24×36 cm.
* The Desert Arabia. An ancient engraving, painted by hand from the period of printing, of the Arabian Desert adjacent, as it was in the 18th century. A 26×36 cm engraving.
* Egypte. Two similar geographical maps, one painted by hand from the time of printing, which show northern and southern Egypt. 18th century. 20×28 cm.
Conditions vary, fine overall condition.
Four ancient maps – engravings of the Arabian Peninsula. Three at the average size of 11×15 cm. One [Oriens Persia, India], is sized 31×21 cm.
Stains, fine condition.
