Auction 52 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
By Kedem
Sep 20, 2016
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 55:

Map of Jerusalem - Cologne, 1575

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Map of Jerusalem - Cologne, 1575
Hierosolyma, Urbs Sancta, map of Jerusalem. Hand-colored copperplate engraving, from the book by Braun & Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum. [Cologne, 1575].
A view of Jerusalem from the East. A Latin inscription on the upper margins reads: "This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries round about her" (Ezekiel 5, 5).
Copperplate approx. 32.5X41.5 cm. Matted and framed in a 50X59.5 cm. frame. Good condition. Vertical folding mark and creases. Unexamined out of frame.
Laor 1040.

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