Antique Map of Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor by Benedictine, 1725

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Antique map titled 'special image of landscapes traveled and traveled by the apostles to preach the gospel of john c.' … Read more Antique map titled 'special image of landscapes traveled and traveled by the apostles to preach the gospel of john c.' map of the lands traveled by the apostles to preach the holy gospel. This map shows the east mediterranean countries and asia minor; turkey, greece, cyprus, malta, israel, macedonia, italy, etc. This plate originates from: 'the general large historical, judicious, chronological, geographical, and literal name and word book of the entire holy bible. Serving as a memorial of the jews and other antiquities, for the elucidation of holy scripture \. Now translated into dutch, considerably expanded, and enriched with annotations, by mattheus gargon.' and it's additons: 'byvogzel to the general large \. Name and word book \. And now translated into pure dutch german, noticeably increased and enriched with comments, by jakob van ostade and arn. Henr. Westerhovius.', by augustines calmet, published in leiden, amsterdam, by samuel luchtmans, r. & j. Wetstein and smith 1725-1731. This is a well-known encyclopaedic dictionary on all aspects of the history, geography and culture of the bible and biblical times. This dutch translation originates from calmet's work in french including: 'commentaire littã©ral sur tous les livres de l'ancien et du nouveau testament \.', first published in paris in 1707. Artists and engravers: author: antoine augustin calmet (1672-1757), french benedictine. Translation by: translation by mattheus gargon (1661-1728), a minister in vlissingen. Engravings in this work by a. De putter, f. Van bleyswyk, m. Pool, ph. Van gunst, etc. Condition: good. General age-related toning and occasional light staining. Paper edges a bit irregular and occasionally chipped as usual. Please study image carefully. Date: c.1725 overall size: 56 x 48.5 cm. Image size: 43 x 32 cm. See less