| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | After Antoine Augustine Calmet |
| Published | 1732 |
| Dimensions | Image 283 x 420 mm, Plate 320 x 440 mm, Sheet 383 x 458 mm |
| Notes |
Plate 512 from Vol. I of an English printing of An Historical, Critical, Geographical, Chronological and Etymological Dictionary of the Bible. A plan view of the City of Ephesus. Two inset images show the Temple of Diana according to Vitruvius and the Statue of Diana. A numbered key below the image indicate landmarks including the Castle of Ephesus, the Ruins of Diana's Temple, and the Egean Sea. Antoine Augustine Calmet (1672-1757) was a French Benedictine monk and theologian, who published several volumes of pioneering studies which utilized historical and factual information in order to interpret and understand Bible stories. His major work was a multi-volume work known in English as Calmet's Dictionary of the Bible. That work and his later reworkings and additions to that text were widely admired and translated into many languages in the 1720s and 30s, including Dutch. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656 - 1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. Condition: Vertical centre fold as issued, tear to bottom of centre fold, toning to sheet, some darkening surrounding centre fold. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £150.00 |
| Stock ID | 48967 |