The Promised Land divided among the 12 Tribes, by Philippe de la Rue, published by Pierre Mariette. 1651
Philippe de la Rue (1683-1761)
French cartographer à Paris. He composed an atlas on the Holy Land: La Terre Sainte en six cartes ... Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1651.
Pierre Mariette (1602-1658)
Bookseller, printseller, printer, and publisher, located in the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. On February 12, 1644, Pierre Mariette acquired most of Melchior Tavernier's fund. In 1646, he had a series of maps by Blaeu copied and asked Abraham Peyrounin to engrave them. In the meantime, he published the works of Nicolas Sanson. In 1650, he published the atlas Théâtre Géographique de France. A second edition followed in 1653. He later contributed to Sanson's atlas, the Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde. Many maps of Mariette's Théatre appeared in later editions of Sanson's Cartes générales.
Terra Promissa in Sortes seu Tribus XII Distincta.
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Category: Antique maps > Asia > Holy Land
Old, antique map of the Promised Land divided among the 12 Tribes, by Philippe de la Rue, published by Pierre Mariette.
Title: Terra Promissa in Sortes seu Tribus XII Distincta.
Seu Tabula ad Librum Iosue.
Auctore Ph: de la Rue. Paris: Lutetiae apud Petrum Mariette via Iacobea sub Insigni Spei.
Cum Privil. Regis Christ.
JSommer Sculpsit.
Engraver: Jean Somer.
Date of the first edition: 1651.
Date of this map: 1651.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 405 x 530mm (15.94 x 20.87 inches).
Sheet size: 490 x 640mm (19.29 x 25.2 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: La Terre Sainte en six cartes geographiques et les traitez sur icelles suivant ses principales divisions. Par Philippe de La Rue. A Paris, chez Pierre Mariette, rue Sainct Iacques, à l'Esperance. MDCLI [1651].
Philippe de la Rue (1683-1761)
French cartographer à Paris. He composed an atlas on the Holy Land: La Terre Sainte en six cartes ... Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1651.
Pierre Mariette (1602-1658)
Bookseller, printseller, printer, and publisher, located in the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. On February 12, 1644, Pierre Mariette acquired most of Melchior Tavernier's fund. In 1646, he had a series of maps by Blaeu copied and asked Abraham Peyrounin to engrave them. In the meantime, he published the works of Nicolas Sanson. In 1650, he published the atlas Théâtre Géographique de France. A second edition followed in 1653. He later contributed to Sanson's atlas, the Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde. Many maps of Mariette's Théatre appeared in later editions of Sanson's Cartes générales.