Lot 69
Destruction of Jerusalem - Double Incunabula Leaf from "Nuremberg Chronicle" by Hartmann Schedel, 1493
Destruccio Iherosolime / Jerusalem Zerstorung, a double incunabula leaf (no. LXIIII) from the German edition of Hartmann Schedel's book Schedelsche Weltchronik ("Nuremberg Chronicle"). [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493].
Woodcut (not colored), depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Holy Temple by Nevuzaradan, commander-in-chief of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babel, in 586 BCE.
According to Laor, this is the second view of Jerusalem which ever appeared in print (Laor A1125).
Approx. 59X41.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Minute holes and tears at margins (mostly slight). Strip of paper pasted on verso, along the connection between the two leaves.
