Atlas antiquus, sacer, ecclesiasticus et profanus; ; In quo Terrae Sanctae variae divisiones, diocesium patriarchalium & episcopalium limites, orbisque universus antiquus, prout erat olim excultus & divisus, oculis subjiciuntur; /
Sanson, Nicolas,1600-1667.
Le Clerc, Jean,1657-1736.
Mortier, Pierre.
Kennedy, W. Stewart.
Amstelodami, : Apud Petrum Mortier,
[1705].
Relief shown pictorially.
Dated from the Latin preface.
Added engraved, fully hand coloured, allegorical title page.
Title vignette of cherubs with shield.
Subsequent editions were issued in 1710, and after 1721 with a Covens & Mortier imprint.
Pasted, typescript front endpaper: Presented [to RSGS] by W. Stewart Kennedy, Esq. ... Edinburgh. ; with MS. pencil note 11/10/34.
"Index tabularum geographiae sacrae" has a pasted down list of the first 18 maps.
Maps depict Biblical stories, classical journeys, the ancient world and contemporary ecclesiastical divisions.
Phillips,
Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
Geography, Ancient
Bible
Ecclesiastical geography
Atlases, Dutch