Ierusalem et Suburbia Eius.

AUCTION 80 | Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 174

ADRICHOM, CHRISTIAN

Ierusalem et Suburbia Eius.

Double-page hand-colored engraved map. 22. x 30.5 inches (56 x 77.5 cm).

Cologne, 1584:

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,900

<<A fascinating, large town plan of Jerusalem drawn as a pictorial map. >> Contains sites and scenes of varying Biblical and Second Commonwealth periods. An astonishing two hundred and seventy captions identify various places or events mentioned by Biblical and historical sources. Christian Adrichom (1533-1585) was a Dutch priest whose expertise in Josephus and writings of pilgrims to the Holy Land made him well-suited to issue this Jerusalem town plan.