Lot 87
Map of Jerusalem – Heinrich Kiepert – Berlin, 1845
Plan von Jerusalem, by Heinrich Kiepert. Berlin: S. Schropp & Co., 1845. German.
Color lithograph map of the city of Jerusalem. On the left of the map is a detailed legend, and at the bottom is an elevational cross-section of the city.
This map was drawn by Heinrich Kiepert (1818-1899) and based on a survey conducted by Ernst Gustav Schultz (1811-1851), the first Prussian consul in Jerusalem; as indicated at the top, the map was based on the earlier Sieber and Catherwood maps, as well as measurements made by Edward Robinson and Eli Smith; it was used by Schultz in a lecture he delivered before the Berlin Geographical Society in 1844, and appeared in the booklet summarizing the lecture, published in 1845.
Approx. 80.5X57.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor stains (numerous stains to verso). Fold lines and creases. Tears to edges, including open tears, with almost no damage to map. Piece cut out from upper left corner; repaired with paper. Several tears reinforced with strips of adhesive tape on verso.
