C1642

Dese Caerte dan de Siephen Pauli / Dehoost te staenin t ….

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$A 550

Scarce c.17th Dutch map showing the Holy Land when the children of Israel lived there, from Heinrich Bunting’s famous classic account of biblical travel. Although Bunting, had never actually visited the Holy Land, he produced an original work by recasting … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Dese Caerte dan de Siephen Pauli / Dehoost te staenin t ….

Date:

C1642

Mapmaker:

Heinrich Bunting (1545 - 1606)

Condition:

In good condition, with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

243mm

x 150mm

Paper Size:

265mm

x 185mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1642

Description:

Scarce c.17th Dutch map showing the Holy Land when the children of Israel lived there, from Heinrich Bunting’s famous classic account of biblical travel.

Although Bunting, had never actually visited the Holy Land, he produced an original work by recasting sacred scripture into a Reissbuch” (Noonan); “the most complete summary of the knowledge of that day concerning the geography of the biblical events” (Van der Heijden, p. 55).

From Bunting, H. Itinerarium Totius Sacrae Scripturae ….

References:
Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. London 1987 : 202, Pl. 166 (page 226).

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1673025

Heinrich Bunting (1545 - 1606)

Bunting was a Protestant pastor and theologian, born in Hannover, Germany, in 1545 and best known for Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel book through Holy Scripture) first published in 1581 which contained a number woodcut maps. He studied theology at the University of Wittenberg graduating in 1569 and became a Protestant pastor in Lemgo. He was dismissed in 1575 and moved to Gronau an der Leine. In 1591 he was appointed superintendent in Goslar. When a dispute arose over his teachings in 1600 he was dismissed and retired from the ministry. He spent the rest of his life as a private citizen in Hannover.

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