engraving In soft size of 1812 representing an antique map entitled: "Geography of the Hebrews". Formerly published in a malte-brun atlas and drawn up by Lapie. Borders and geographic limits enhanced with colors. It is a Map of the Middle East and North Africa, including regions such as Palestine, Egypt and parts of Syria and Arabia, with the names of peoples and places useful for the history of Hebrews and the Bible. The engraving breaks down into a single Map with a decorative cartridge illustrating a scene with characters, possibly biblical or historical, referring to the culture and the history of the mapped region. In 1812, the Middle East was a civilizational crossroads marked by its biblical history and its successive empires. Although under Ottoman influence at that time, the regio.
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