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Lot 132

Destruction of Jerusalem – Double Incunabula Leaf from the "Nuremberg Chronicle" by Hartmann Schedel, 1493

Destruccio Iherosolime [Destruction of Jerusalem/destruction of First Temple by Chaldeans], double incunabula leaf (no. LXIIII) from Hartmann Schedel's “Schedelsche Weltchronik” ("Nuremberg Chronicle"). [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger printing press, 1493].
Woodcut depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple, by Nabuzaradan, commander of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel's army, in the year 586 BCE.
44.5X59 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to folding marks. Creases.