Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Broadside for Hanging on the Wall - Panorama of Jerusalem and Illustrations of the Holy Sites - Pest, 1858

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Panorama de Jerusalem avant la 2de destruction [panorama of Jerusalem before the second destruction]. Engraving created and published by H. Braverman. Pest (Hungary), 1858.
An illustration of Jerusalem from the east appears in the center, surrounded by a dozen more illustrations depicting Jerusalem, the Temple and the Temple vessels. Each illustration is titled in Hebrew and French.
On the lower part, underneath the illustration of the Western Wall, the publisher writes: "I searched in my books archive… and found the plan of the Temple… on the printing altar for remembrance… Hillel David Braverman" (Hebrew).
48X38 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains (some dark). Tears at margins (some open tears to bottom margin and a long tear at right margin, slightly affecting the engraving).
Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography
Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography