ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST IRAN IRAQ1694 TIPOGRAFIA DEL SEMINARIO UNUSUAL ANTIQUE MAP

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ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST IRAN IRAQ1694 TIPOGRAFIA DEL SEMINARIO UNUSUAL ANTIQUE MAP
ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST IRAN IRAQ1694 TIPOGRAFIA DEL SEMINARIO UNUSUAL ANTIQUE MAP
Description
Assyria Vetus Divisa in Syriam, Mesopotamiam, Babyloniam et Assyriam Proprie Dictam. Auctore Phi. de la Rue Paris. Patavij ex Typogr. Semin. 1695.
Description:
Striking and highly detailed very interesting unusual 1695 Tipografia del Seminario copper engraved historical map of the Holy Land extending from Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean to the River Tigris and the Persian Gulf. The map defines the Kingdoms of Armenia, Syria, Phoenice, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Assyria and Babylon. The title cartouche appears in the lower right corner as a tablet of stone and includes the imprint of De La Rue . Map is based on a selfsame mapping of Philippe De la Rue and printed by Tipografia del Seminario di Padova , historical intaglio shop founded in 1684 and direct, inter alia, by Domenico Lovisa.
Date:
1695 ( dated )
Dimension:
Paper size approx.:
cm 63,4 x 46,9
Condition:
Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Map uncolored. Wide margins. Corners partially missing. Small foxing. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images
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Cartographer:
Little is known about the French mapmaker Philippe de La Rue. He was associated with the pioneering French cartographer Nicolas Sanson, and specialized in Biblical themes. In 1651, he published La Terre sainte en six cartes géographiques (The Holy Land in six maps), the first collection of maps laid out in a chronological sequence around a unifying theme. La Rue’s goal was to trace the history of the world “from the origins to the present.” The six maps cover the land of Canaan and the Exodus, the Promised Land, Solomon’s kingdom, the land of the Jews at the time of Christ, the Christian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and modern Syria under Ottoman rule. This map, showing the ancient kingdoms of the Middle East, was an addition to the atlas.
The Printing of the Seminary of Padua ( Tipografia del Seminario ) was founded in 1680 by Gregory Barbarigo , bishop of Padua , and started business in 1684 . Among the first published works , there is a historical atlas of 42 plates, derived from the work of Cluverius, published in 1699. Among the works is one the most prestigious cartographic Enciclophedique Atlas , 1789-90 , in two volumes , with 140 maps and engraved by Alexander Scattaglia.
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