Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas, Iudaeae Metropolis. Map of Jerusalem, hand-colored engraving. From the Atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg. [Cologne, 1572]. Latin.
The map presents a view of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus side by side with a view of Jerusalem at the time when the map was printed, both from bird's eye view. On the bottom-right corner of the map appears an illustration of Moses and the Tablets of the Law, with Aaron the priest burning incense. The map was drawn after a map of Jerusalem by Gerard de Jode (1571) based on a map by Peter Laicstain (1570).
Laor 1039.
Engraving: 48.5X34 cm. Attached to passé-par-tout and framed: 71X55 cm. Good condition. Some stains and blemishes. Restoration at the bottom margin on the back of the leaf.
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
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