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idmap_18
titleJerusalem
makerBraun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz
date(Appr.) 1588
size34 x 48,5 cm.
conditionA good copy of a scarce birds- eye view,in an unspoiled, uncoloured condition. Good margins and strong paper. The inserted view (High Priest)lower right a trifle weakly printed.Very decorative Jerusalem view.
colouringUncoloured.
descriptionHierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis Civitas Judee Metropolis in duobus (etc, etc.)A stunning birds eye view of Jerusalem, with the temples and edifices, the city's enforcements etc. etc. As well as a lengty description, an inserted view, lower right of the High Priest, and Moses, climbing mount Sinai with the stone tablets. Published in the famous 8 Vol."Civitates Orbis Terrarum" in appr. 1585.The historian Hogenberg took care of the descriptions, and Braun made the plates. See Laor, Maps of the Holy Land # 1039
 
price 1.290
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