Scarce map of the Holy Land in fine original colour

Rare map of the Holy Land, engraved by the brothers Johannes and Lucas van Deutecum after the broadsheet map by Tilemann Stella of 1557, now lost. Along the lower border is a prospect of Jerusalem and two smaller insets, showing the chapel at Jerusalem and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. First issued in the 'Speculum Orbis Terrarum' in 1578, this example comes from the second and final edition, enlarged by Gerard's son Cornelis. After Cornelis died in 1600 the printing plates were bought by Vrients, then the owner of the Ortelius plates, merely to stop their re-issue. With only these two edtions, maps by de Jode are far rarer than his rival Ortelius.