Lot 70
Jerusalem - Woodcut - Leaf from "Cosmography" by Sebastian Münster
La saincte cite de Jerusalem iadiz metropolitaine du royaume des Iuifz, & maintenant colonie du Turc. [The Holy City of Jerusalem, Formerly the Capital of the Kingdom of Judea, Today a Turkish Colony]. Leaf (four pages, nos. 1165-1168), from the book "Cosmography" by Sebastian Münster. [Apparently from one of the book's French editions, published in the course of the 16th century].
Woodcut depicting Jerusalem from the east. Beneath it is a text about Jericho; on the leaf's reverse is a text in Hebrew praising Jerusalem, and an imaginary depiction of Acre (woodcut).
Leaf: 30X38.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Three pieces of paper mounted on the leaf's reverse, attached to top margins (p. 1165, 1168).
