JERUSALEM ISRAEL 1726 CALMET UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED CITY MAP

Description

JERUSALEM ISRAEL 1726 CALMET UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED CITY MAP
JERUSALEM ISRAEL 1726 CALMET UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED CITY MAP
Description
Novus Conspectus Veteris Ierusalem ex Authoris Mente.
Description:
Striking and highly detailed
unusual 1726 Antoine Augustin Calmet's copper engraved map featuring an aerial plan of
the ancient city of Jerusalem showing its divisions, with the Temple of Solomon and the royal palace and gardens prominently depicted. The map is oriented with west at top.
References:
Laor #971.
Date:
1726 ( undated )
Dimension:
P
aper size approx.:
cm 45,6 x 33,9
Condition:
Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chain. Map uncolored. Very short margins. Corners partially missing. Small foxing and browning. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images
.
Mapmaker:
Antoine Augustin Calmet, O.S.B. (26 February 1672 – 25 October 1757), a French Benedictine monk, was born at Ménil-la-Horgne, then in the Duchy of Bar, part of the Holy Roman Empire (now the French department of Meuse, located in the region of Lorraine). Calmet was a pious monk as well as a learned man, and one of the most distinguished members of the Congregation of St. Vanne. In recognition of these qualities he was elected prior of Lay-Saint-Christophe in 1715, Abbot of St-Léopold at Nancy in 1718, and of Senones Abbey in 1729. He was twice entrusted with the office of Abbot General of the congregation. Pope Benedict XIII wished to confer episcopal dignity upon him, but his humility could not be brought to accept the honor. Calmet was greatly admired by the philosopher Voltaire, who visited the abbey on several occasions. Calmet died at Senones Abbey, in the Vosges, near Saint-Dié, on 25 October 1757.
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