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LOT 267:
Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Cologne, 1575
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Sold for: $600
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Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Cologne, 1575
Bird's eye view of modern Jerusalem as seen from the east: "Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totiusque Orientis Longe Clarissima…". Latin. Copperplate engraving. A key in the cartouche at right identifies 48 points of interest. At top is a Latin verse from the Prophet Ezekiel (chapter 5): "This is Jerusalem! I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her." From: Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum, the most important book of town plans and views published in the 16th Century. Cologne, 1575, Vol, II, No. 54. Dimensions: 33X41 cm. Laor 1040. Very good condition (very light foxing to edges, small tear to folding mark, small stain). 1948 Czech stamp on verso.
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