Prospect of the town and harbour of Ptolemais in Phaenicia. A, (Acre, Israel)

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• ARTIST: Antoine Augustin Calmet

• PUBLISHER: Published in London by J.J. and P. Knapton.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1732

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 7/8 x 17" (30.3 x 43.1 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: A fine view of this ancient city. Now named Acre. Antoine Augustin Calmet, O.S.B. (1672-1757) was a French Benedictine monk and theologian. In 1720 he authored “Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, geographique et litteral de la Bible” (Paris, two vols. folio). This work was translated into English and published in London. The edition was illustrated and this view comes from this work.

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps