{"product_id":"adrichem-christian-theatrum-terrae-sanctae-et-biblicarum-historiarum-cum-tabulis-geographicis-aere-expressis","title":"ADRICHEM Christian. Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum cum tabulis geographicis aere expressis.","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eColoniae Agrippinae (Cologne), apud Iodocum Henricum Kramer (Josse-Henri Kramer), 1682.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eMagnificent and complete 1682 edition in \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"41\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003econtemporary blind-stamped ivory pigskin\u003c\/b\u003e with its original ties. Purchased in Cologne (\u003ci data-index-in-node=\"128\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eEmi Colonia Agrip.\u003c\/i\u003e) and having belonged since 1694 to the Reformed pastor of Duisburg, \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"215\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eJohannes à Dorth\u003c\/b\u003e, who inscribed his biblical motto (Jeremiah 31:10: \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"283\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\"Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock’\"\u003c\/i\u003e) as well as to the illustrious historian of Palestine, \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"517\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eGaston Le Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (1890).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eRichly illustrated with \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"24\" data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e12 double-page engraved maps\u003c\/b\u003e, including a spectacular large folding general map of the Holy Land divided according to the territories of the twelve tribes of Israel, 9 maps of the tribal territories, a plate of the Exodus, and a large plan of Jerusalem. This extremely detailed plan offers a biblical and Christian interpretation of the city of Jerusalem. Measuring 75 x 52 cm, it remains a significant piece in the cartography of the Holy Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThis edition is the work of the Cologne printer-bookseller Jodocus Henricus Kramer, successor to the famous \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"108\" data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eBirckmannica\u003c\/b\u003e workshop, the historical holder of the privileges and copperplates of Adrichom since the end of the 16th century. It stands out from previous editions by a superb frontispiece, a new typography, and finer, more detailed initial letters. Kramer produced here the last great early edition of Cologne using the original copperplates. (Laor, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"459\" data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eMaps of the Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e, 934).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eIn-folio (38.5 x 25 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e; [1] blank f., engraved title frontispiece, [8] ff., 286 pp., [1] f. Catalogus Auctorum, [12] ff. Index, 1 blank f., 42 pp. Index of names. Text in Latin on 2 columns. \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"174\" data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eContemporary blind-stamped ivory pigskin\u003c\/b\u003e with original ties, spine with \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"246\" data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eraised bands\u003c\/b\u003e and manuscript title. The work begins with the description of the Holy Land with the large map, followed by a description of each territory of the 12 tribes accompanied by mapping. Then comes the detailed plan of Jerusalem and the numbered detail of each building, followed by the \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"540\" data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eCatalogus Auctorum\u003c\/i\u003e and the Index. Originally published in Cologne in 1590, five years after the death of its author, the \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"661\" data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eTheatrum Terrae Sanctae\u003c\/i\u003e was reprinted in 1593, 1600, 1613, 1628, 1682, and 1722 (corrected edition of 1682). The first atlas dedicated to the Holy Land, it is Adrichem's most important and famous work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eThe author, \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"12\" data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eChristian Kruik van Adrichem\u003c\/b\u003e, was a Catholic priest and director of the Convent of Saint Barbara, born in Delft, Netherlands, on February 13, 1533. The religious unrest of the Reformation forced him to move several times within the Netherlands before finally settling in Cologne. It was there that he turned to the study of the geography of the Holy Land. He died in that same city on June 20, 1585.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eThe title \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"10\" data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e“Theatrum terrae sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis”\u003c\/i\u003e is a direct description of the book's structure, as well as its philosophy of geographical thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eThe \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"4\" data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e“Theatrum”\u003c\/b\u003e refers to early modern ideas on the organization and communication of knowledge. Placing it in the title shows that Adrichem advocates for a thoughtful and structured book on the historical geography of the Bible (1). \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"233\" data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e“Terrae sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis”\u003c\/i\u003e brings us into the field of expertise of \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"342\" data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e“Geographia Sacra,”\u003c\/b\u003e designating the systematic study of biblical and ecclesiastical geography. This field of inquiry, whose components Eusebius of Caesarea enumerated in the preface to his \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"531\" data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eOnomasticon\u003c\/i\u003e, is not merely a technical cartographic “arrangement” between the Bible and geography, but an exegetical and interpretive act (2).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e\u003ci data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eTheatrum terrae sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis\u003c\/i\u003e is therefore a scholarly work written in the 16th century by a Catholic priest in a difficult religious context. It aimed to be at the cutting edge of the knowledge of the time, resulting from a rigorous work of biblical study, traveler testimony, and cartography. But it is also the artistic culmination of an expertise in sacred geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eIt is interesting to note, paraphrasing \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"40\" data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eZur Shalev’s\u003c\/b\u003e work on the fertility of the Holy Land, that while Adrichem must have drawn inspiration from testimonies to construct his \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"175\" data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eTheatrum\u003c\/i\u003e, even first-hand accounts were subject to a biblical prism. Travelers such as Burchard of Mount Sion (13th century), Leonhard Rauwolf (1570s), and Jean Zuallart (a Catholic pilgrim) expected to discover a Garden of Eden; when they saw the desert lands of Palestine, they either vigorously confirmed the fertility of the Holy Land or lamented it, claiming it had been reduced to arid deserts by God's punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eThis reinforces the very Christian vision of the \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"49\" data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eTheatrum\u003c\/i\u003e without diminishing its geographical importance. \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"107\" data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003e...the author (Adrichom) explored the metaphysical implications of pictorial realism in order to present and use his maps as Christian tools, equating the veracity of the cartographic medium with the authenticity of Christ’s life and the theological understanding of truth.\u003c\/strong\u003e”\u003c\/i\u003e (3)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eAdrichom's work was so precise and scholarly that it seems to have crossed denominational boundaries. The \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"106\" data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003e1694 ex-libris of Johannes à Dorth\u003c\/b\u003e, explicitly mentioning that he was a pastor of the Reformed church (\u003ci data-index-in-node=\"209\" data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003ePastor Reform. Eccl. Duirb\u003c\/i\u003e), is certainly no coincidence. This mention, annotated on a book written by a Catholic, not only highlights its importance for late 17th-century Protestant exegesis but also allows this knowledge to be intellectually associated with Reformed theology, in a context that was certainly still difficult after a century of conflict with the Spanish Catholics and in the midst of the War of the League of Augsburg and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Binding soiled, rubbed in places, \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"45\" data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003edampstaining\u003c\/b\u003e on the cover and on inner pages. Leaf G3 bound before leaf G2, some pagination errors. \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"145\" data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eAll maps are in very good condition\u003c\/b\u003e, without restoration. The large map of the Holy Land has a visible dampstain on the reverse. This book retains all its structural integrity. See detailed photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSources \u0026amp; Bibliographic References\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e(1) \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"4\" data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eA spectacular map theatre: The 1593 edition of Christiaan Adrichem’s Theatrum Terrae Sanctae\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Marianne P. Ritsema van Eck. 2020.\u003cbr\u003e(2) \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"141\" data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eZur Shalev, The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Early Modern England, c. 1530-1700\u003c\/i\u003e. 2015.\u003cbr\u003e(3) Ioana Zamfir, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"249\" data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eAccuracy, veracity, and theological truth in the 16th century atlas Theatrum Terrae Sanctae\u003c\/i\u003e. 2021 (National Museum of Maps and Old Books, Romania).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20,0,0\"\u003eGraesse, I p.10.\u003cbr\u003eLaor, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"6\" data-path-to-node=\"20,1,0\"\u003eMaps of the Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e, 934.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53899610259796,"sku":null,"price":2450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Adrichem_christian_Theatrum_Terrae_Sanctae_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1773046117","url":"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/en\/products\/adrichem-christian-theatrum-terrae-sanctae-et-biblicarum-historiarum-cum-tabulis-geographicis-aere-expressis","provider":"Casaubon livre rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}