[Asia in the Form of Pegasus]. Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi.
Published by Brunswick ., 1640
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Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomRobert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB
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Original copper-engraved decorative map (28.5 x 37.5 cm) showing the Middle East in the shape of Pegasus. German black letter text to verso. Lightly trimmed along bottom margin with slight loss of lettering, unobtrusive marginal imperfections mended, generally a fine dark impression. Map of Asia as Pegasus, one of ten maps in Bünting's Itinerarium, in which the author, a theological commentator, rewrote the Bible as an illustrated travel book. Other maps in the series bear out his imaginative approach to cartography, which pictures the world in the form of a cloverleaf and Europe as the Queen of the World. This is one of the more dramatic curiosity maps, depicted in the form of Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology. Pegasus' head is represented by Turkey and his wings Tartary; the forelegs are Arabia and the saddle blanket Persia; the left hind leg is India and the right the Malay Peninsula. It is interesting that despite the Itinerarium being about the Bible, the symbolism of classical mythology was still considered appropriate for this map (Baynton-Williams). On this state of the Asia map more symbols and decorative features have been added to the map, including ships, a mermaid, and a merman as well as other fabulous sea monsters in the oceans; the profiles of the various towns and cities have also been enlarged. Henrich Bunting was a Protestant theologian and teacher born in Hanover, in what is now Germany. He attended the University of Wittenberg and graduated in 1569. He then began work as a preacher but caused some controversy with his teachings; he was dismissed from appointments in both Lemgo and Goslar. He is best known today for his book, Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel book through Holy Scripture), a travel collection and commentary of the geography of the Bible. The book provided the most complete summary of biblical geography then available and described the Holy Land by following the travels of various notable people from the Old and New Testaments. First published in Madgeburg in 1581, Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae was a very popular book for the time. Over 60 editions were published between 1581 and 1757.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- [Asia in the Form of Pegasus]. Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi.
- Author
- BÜNTING, Heinrich.
- Publisher
- Brunswick .
- Publication year
- 1640
- Seller catalogs
- MAPS - ASIA, Middle East
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