- Title: Carte De La Palestine Et De L'Arabie Petree...
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Author: J. Andriveau-Goujon
- Date: 1841
- Condition: Excellent - Even, overall age toning with a clean, sharply defined centerfold
- Inches: 15 x 19 5/8 [Image]
- Centimeters: 38.10 x 49.84 [Image]
- Product ID: 308623
This mid-19th-century French map of Palestine and “Arabie Pétrée” was published in Paris and designed to help readers understand the Bible, especially the life of Jesus, using fine line engraving with delicate hand color to outline tribes and regions, and it covers the eastern Mediterranean from the Nile Delta and Sinai north through Palestine into parts of present-day Lebanon and Syria, with rivers, mountain ranges, and major biblical towns carefully plotted, colored boundaries distinguishing tribal territories or historical provinces, a diagram of the Israelite camp around the Tabernacle, and an inset plan of Jerusalem and the Temple area with numbered references to important sites.
Background on Creator
J. Andriveau-Goujon (1832-1897) was a prominent Parisian mapmaker and publisher active throughout the 19th century, known for producing numerous maps and atlases that often-featured collaboration with leading French cartographers such as Brue and Levasseur. The publishing house, originally formed when Eugène Andriveau married the daughter of Jean Goujon, became renowned for its high-quality publications under the Andriveau-Goujon name, which was used by multiple generations of the family. The firm's offerings were highly regarded until its stock was acquired by M. Barrère in 1892.