Palaestina, ex Monumentis veteribus illustrata, in tres libros distributa, tabulis geographicis necessariis…
Nuremberg : Peter Conrad Monathum, 1716.
Trois tomes en un fort in-4, pagination continue, (14)-787-(81) pages et 16 planches au total dont un frontispice historié, un portrait de l’auteur et plusieurs cartes dépliantes. Vélin de l’époque (un peu usé).
Petite déchirure marginale sans manque au frontispice, texte fortement bruni. Item #4226
Seconde édition, revue et augmentée, de cet ouvrage majeur de géographie biblique.
La première avait paru deux ans plus tôt à Utrecht.
Adriaan Reland est un savant orientaliste hollandais (1676 - 1718), professeur d'antiquités ecclésiastiques et de langues orientales à l'Université d'Utrecht. Il ne visita jamais la Palestine bien qu'il publia, entre autres, de nombreux ouvrages sur le sujet, ainsi que sur la langue et les antiquités des Hébreux.
"What started out as a commentary on [Flavius] Josephus became the first comprehensive attempt to create a topographic map of Palestine. Included in the book are eight detailed maps that show the location of mountains, rivers, lakes, and several key cities. Unlike his predecessors, Reland did not simply follow the established custom of copying some preexisting map, but had all maps redrawn on the basis of the information available to him. These, of course, were ancient sources, which he used to reassess distances between cities and places in order to enter them in Roman miles. […]… it would not be exaggerated to classify Reland’s scholarly work, especially his work in the field of the geographia sacra, as the Early Modern precursor to modern archaeology, regardless of any charges of anachronism. […] Almost every contemporary reviewer celebrated Reland’s Palaestina as a milestone in the field, especially his inclusion of newly-drawn maps […]. Reland’s influence persisted for decades thereafter. […] Reland’s Palaestina illustrata became the guidebook for the father of modern biblical geography, Edward Robinson, during his travels to Palestine over one hundred years later." (Ulrich Groetsch, "Digging without Dirt: Adriaan Reland’s Explorations of the Holy Land", The Orient in Utrecht. Adriaan Reland (1676–1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion, p. 191, p. 209-210).
Brunet IV, 1203-4 ; Blackmer 1406 ; Chadenat 4935.
Price: €800.00