Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata, by Hadriani Relandi.
Utrecht (Trajecti Batavorum): Guilielmi Broedelet, 1714. Latin, some Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Two parts in one volume.
Geographical survey of Palestine. With 16 engraved plates (of which nine are folded), including a portrait of the author, maps and plans, an engraved frontispiece and a number of small in-text engravings.
Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaan Reelant / Hadriani Relandi, 1676-1718) was a Dutch geographer, cartographer and philologist and one of the first orientalists. Professor of oriental languages at the University of Utrecht from 1701 and lecturer on the history of the Jewish people. He produced here THE FIRST GEOGRAPHICALLY ACCURATE MAPS OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL and surrounding region.
Overall Good condition. marginal stains, first few leaves detached from text block, some open flaps have small marginal tears, original white leather binding has damaged back cover edges, front cover detached. 19.Cm.
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