A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and The Confines Thereof, With The History of the Old and New Testament acted thereon. By Thomas Fuller. London: J.F. for John Williams, 1650, folio.
FIRST EDITION OF THOMAS FULLER'S IMPORTANT HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF PALESTINE WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF STUNNING ENGRAVED MAPS
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The first modern Atlas of the Bible, the rare and important first edition of Thomas Fuller's Pisgah-sight of Palestine. This copy includes 17 bifold maps (including the large foldout map which is usually lacking), 7 beautiful bifold plates, plus the finely engraved title page.
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Size: 218 x 339 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), engraved t.p., A1-5, foldout map, B1-Z4, Aa1-,Xx4, Yy6, Zz2, Aa[a]1-Zzz4, Aaaa1-Bbbb4, (2)]
19th century half calf over cloth backed boards, retaining its tooled morocco label which reads "Fuller's Palestine". Front board detached, rear securely attached. Binding mildly rubbed. Page edges contemporaneously coloured red, as often. Bookplate of Mansfield College Library from the University of Oxford's collection (circa 1913), with their de-accession marks. Includes 17 maps (including the foldout map) and 7 bifold plates, plus the engraved title page. Collations of the maps, plates, etc, varies in different copies, but it does seem according to the bibliographies that this copy lacks 2 or 3, but does contain the commonly lacking very large foldout map. Bifold map of Manasseh beyond Jordan with minor loss in blank marginal space not affecting the map itself. Several of the maps have been backed on to later paper, attractively so, preserving the maps. The large map has some old tape affixed to the verso. Generally extremely clean throughout the text block. The text block is generally near fine to fine and presents very nicely indeed.
[Wing F2455; ESTC R18096; Gibson XVIII; Lowndes, 848]
