Bachiene, Willem Albert "Afbeeldinge der Stad Jerusalem..."

Willem Albert Bachiene. "Afbeeldinge der Stad Jerusalem..."

Gorinshem: Nicolas Goetzee, 1750. 14 3/4 x 19 1/4. Engraving by J. van Jagen. Small marginal tears. Else, very good condition. Laor: 948.

Many editions of the Bible from the seventeenth century on included maps of the Holy Land, and some even included maps of ancient Jerusalem. This is such a map, based on the work of W.A. Bachiene, from a mid-eighteenth century Bible issued in the Netherlands. It shows the main outline of the city squares major sites, including the City of David and the hill of Golgotha.