Afbeelding Egypte, De Woestyne der Schelf-Zee…

Reference: S38605
Author William Albert BACHIENE
Year: 1750
Zone: Egypt
Printed: Gorinchem
Measures: 520 x 405 mm
€130.00

Reference: S38605
Author William Albert BACHIENE
Year: 1750
Zone: Egypt
Printed: Gorinchem
Measures: 520 x 405 mm
€130.00

Description

This attractive map from a large Dutch Bible shows the land of Egypt with all the places, rivers, mountains, and seas mentioned in the Holy Scriptures.

Copperplate with fine later hand colour, very good condition.

Engraved by Jan van Jagen and published in a Dutch Bible by Nicolas Goetzee.

William Albert BACHIENE Leerdaam 1712 - Maastricht 1783

Professor of mathematics and astronomer at Maastricht, he was the author of several atlases including the most important is the "Atlas der tot opheldering hedendaagsche Histoire" of 1785, whose maps are engraved by Jan van Jagen. References: Koeman vol. I pp.53-55; Tooley p.65.

William Albert BACHIENE Leerdaam 1712 - Maastricht 1783

Professor of mathematics and astronomer at Maastricht, he was the author of several atlases including the most important is the "Atlas der tot opheldering hedendaagsche Histoire" of 1785, whose maps are engraved by Jan van Jagen. References: Koeman vol. I pp.53-55; Tooley p.65.