Lot 53
Map of Jerusalem – Engraving – Cologne, 1572
Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas, Iudaeae Metropolis, map of Jerusalem. Copper engraving from the book by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" [Atlas of World's Towns]. [Cologne, 1572]. Text in Latin.
Two plans of Jerusalem, side by side: on the left "Ancient Jerusalem" and on the right "Modern Jerusalem. An illustration of Moses and the Tablets of the Law, with Aaron to his right side appears on the bottom of the leaf. Engraving: 48.5X34 cm, leaf: 51X38.5 cm. Good condition. Vertical folding mark. Tiny tears at margins and folding mark.
Laor 1039.
From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.
