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A set of four Dancker Danckerts Bible maps |
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Selling price: $500
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Description
The following set of highly decorative and scarce Danckerts maps is offered here:
1. The map depicting the location of
Paradise. Title: ARMENIAE MAIORIS NOVA DISCRIPTIO, followed by a Dutch description
of the map. In both upper corners we find an etching with respectively the Fall
and the Expulsion from Paradise. In the middle right of the map the city and Tower
of Babel is depicted, with the location of Paradise below it, and an angel
driving out Adam and Eve. Size 334 x 480 mm.
2. The desert journey map. Title: PALESTINA,
SIVE TERRAE SANCTAE DISCRIPTIO, followed by a Dutch description of the map.
Various beautiful etchings: A priest's robe, 6 images of temple utensils and
the position of the army. The seas are filled with the fleet of Salomon, a sea
monster, a compass rose and several sailing ships and fishing vessels. And of
course the journey through the desert to the promised land is shown. Size: 344
x 490 mm.
3. The map of the city of Jeruzalem. Title:
DE HEYLIGE EN WYTVERMAERDE STADT JERUZALEM EERST GENAEMT SALEM. The numbers and letters inside map
are explained at the bottom. Along the entire bottom are images etched such as
the crucifixion, the mountain Gihon and Solomon anointed as king. Size: 340 x
430 mm.
4. The map of the Promised Land. Title:
GEOGRAPHISCHE BESCHRYVINGE DES IOOTSCHEN LANDT DOORWANDELT VAN ONSEN
SALICHMAKER DEN HEERE IESO CHRISTO, followed by the title in Latin. Top left an
etching of the birth of Jesus. Among seven scenes from the life of Jesus: the
baptism in the Jordan, the wedding at Cana, the entry into Jerusalem, the
ascension and more. Size: 335 x 480 mm. A compass rose in the sea and
pictorially drawn cities and mountains.
All Dancker Danckerts maps are very rare. Dancker Danckerts had a relatively short life (1634-1666) and only a few maps with his signature are extant. After his early death, his brother Justus stopped the printing of Bible maps. The maps offered here are from a scarce Gorinchem Bible of 1665.
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