Fall 2023 Catalogue

TRAVEL & EXPLORATION 80 90 (HOLY LAND) FULLER, Thomas. A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament acted thereon. London, 1650. Folio (9 by 13-1/2 inches), contemporary full brown calf rebacked. $12,500 “One Of The Great Books On The Topography Of The Holy Land”: Fuller’s Illustrated Palestine, 1650 First Edition With Double-Page Engraved Maps And Plates First edition of this classic work, with engraved title page, engraved armorial plate, large detailed folding map of Palestine on two sheets, 20 double-page engraved maps—including one of Jerusalem—and seven double-page engraved plates. Fuller’s work is noted for its splendid maps of the Holy Land, elaborately detailed with vignettes, emblems and scenes. “This curious and singular work is not a mere geographical work, but contains many things relating to Jewish antiquities, and to the manners and customs of the people” (Lowndes, 848). Pisgah refers to Mount Pisgah, from which Moses saw the Promised Land for the first time. Based on printed sources rather than actual travel, Fuller’s great work reflects European interest at the time in the topography of the Holy Land. "The Miltonist may be led to the PisgahSight in particular by annotations to Paradise Lost, which point to Fuller’s book as a contemporary authority for biblical topography, and especially for the appearances, habits and haunts of those Canaanite idols who seduced the Israelites from their allegiance to the true God” (Sandler, Thomas Fuller’s Pisgah-Sight of Palestine as a Comment on the Politics of Its Time, 317). Text and plates fresh with only tiny bit of repaired marginal wormholing to early leaves, occasional early archival and expert reinforcment to gutter edges and margins. An extremely good copy.

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