Obj. ID: 40966
Jewish printed books  Kanaan...... by F. Halma, Leeuwarden, 1717

This text was prepared by William Gross:

Engraved title page depicting Moses and Aaron dividing the land of Israel. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initials and tailpieces. Remarkable collection of aids to the study of biblical history by a variety of 17th-century Christian scholars such as the Jesuit Jacques Bonfrטre, French cartographer Nicolas Sanson, and ProFezsor Johannes de Klerk. Dictionary of biblical names and places. Also includes a guide to the Holy Land by Buchardus de Monte Sion, Henry Maundrell's description of the territory from Aleppo to Jerusalem, with a letter to Bishop Thomas Rochester and a biblical timeline by Arnaud d'Andilly translated by H. Tydtrekening. This work is exquisitely illustrated with 30 stunning engraved maps and views of the Holy Land, including Mount Carmel, Damascus, Jaffa, Mount Tabor, Temple of Solomon, and a fine large view of Jerusalem, drawn after Dapper Hollar's view on a reduced scale.