Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totisque Orientis Longe Clarissima…
AUCTION 77 |
Thursday, January 17th,
2019 at 1:00 PM
"K2" Online Auction: Printed Books, Holy Land Maps, Posters, & Jewish Graphic Art
Lot 90
BRAUN, GEORG & HOGENBERG, FRANS.
Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totisque Orientis Longe Clarissima…
Cologne, first edition 1575 (or later).:
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $550
Bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem from atop the Mount of Olives. The cartographers made use here of both recorded description as well as flight of imagination. Latin text reads: “Ezekiel V. This is Jerusalem. I have placed it in the midst of the nations and the countries that are around about her.”