Original, large single-sheet colour lithograph map of fine quality. Overall size 440 x 560 mm. Fine impression on heavy paper with ample margins all round; fold at centre as issued. In about fine condition (2 short marginal splits, not affecting image, expertly mended without paper or tape). First edition. Scale 1:10000000. With 6 insets: I. Die Paulusbucht von Malta, scale 1:250000; II. Palästina nach 70 nach Chr., scale 1:13000000; III. Jerusalems Belagerung durch die Römer, scale 1:25000; IV. Alexandria im 1. Jahre. nach Chr., scale 1:75000; V. Athen zur Zeit des Paulus, scale 1:30000; VI. Rom zur Zeit Neros, scale 1:40000. Excellent cartographic representation of ancient Palestine, the Holy Land, and neighbouring Middle East. The Leipzig Geographical Institute of Wagner & Debes was the foremost German cartographic printer and publisher of cartographic work in the 19th- and early 20th century. Established in 1835 as a lithographic press by Eduard Wagner, it enjoyed a continuous stream of orders from the famous cartography publisher Karl Baedeker. In 1872 the son, Heinrich Wagner, took over, moved the presses to Leipzig, and established his own publishing firm in collaboration with Ernst Debes.
