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BOCHARTI, Samuelis - Geographia sacra, seu Phaleg et Canaan, cui accedunt variae dissertationes philologicae, geographicae, theologicae &c. (...) [3rd. ed. by Petrus de Villemandy]. Leiden, Cornelis Boutesteyn & Jordanus Luchtmans; Utrecht, Willem van de Water, 1692, folio, contemp. blindstamped vellum (sl. loosening at front, front joint splitting at top), spine title in ink, [8]-36-[12] pp.-1312 col.-[60] pp. (minor spotting, 4 maps loose- "Syria et Aegypti", map of "Baeticae partis", map of "Mauri Africae pars" and map of "Taprobanae insulae".).
Condition: A very good
copy. Needs only minimal restoration.
Main work of the protestant minister and
oriental scholar Samuel Bochart (1599-1667) : an extensive historical study of
ancient peoples in the Holy Land and Mediterranean regions. Pt. II is a pioneer
comparative linguistic study. Engraved. ills : on title, full-page portrait of
Bochart (dated 1663) bound after title, 4
large folding maps and 9 full-page ones . Title in
red & black. Numerous quotations in Greek and
Hebrew. Presentation inscription (1937) on front
flyleaf. Ref. STCN (9).
Not in British Library, London, BN
Paris, Matagne (Namur).
An impressive folio volume with magnificent bilingual maps ( Latin & Hebrew ) embellished with spectacular cartouches, sailing ships and sea monsters.
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Images of the folding maps coming up as soon as I locate any of my daughters with MY camera.
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Bochartus Rhotomagensis Anno..... 19 x 28 cms.
Click Here Cilicia et Cyprus.19.3 x 26.4 cms. Click Here Descriptio terrarum in quasdispersi sunt stuctores turris Babel.... Click Here Edenis Seu Paradisi Terrestris Situs. 20 x 30 cms. Click Here Mesopatamia Cum Parte Babyloniae. 19.5 x 27 cms. Click Here Tabula universalis locorum que Phoenicum..... 40 x 31 cms. Click Here Agaei maris, Insulae cum parte aliqua Graeciae.... 33 x 37 cms. Click Here Co (+ Nisyrus) etiani dicta Caris & Chios Ins.(+ Psyra). 19.3 x 28.7 cms. Click Here Italiae Pars cu vicinis hic inde insulis et Africae.... 21.5 x 32.8 cms. Click Here Sicilia Insula ( inset Syracusae ). 40 x 30.8 cms. Click Here Syria et Aegypti Delta. 20 x 27 cms. Click Here Baeticae partis Iberio Descriptio. 19.2 x 28.5 cms. Click Here Hispania et Africae pars Occidentalis. 19.4 x 29 cms. Click Here Taprobanae insulae Descriptio et Ptol. Incolae eidem Salae....... 19 x 26.5 cms. Click Here |