Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis ciuitas, Iudaee Metropolis.
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
Lot 177
BRAUN, GEORG, HOGENBERG, FRANS.
Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis ciuitas, Iudaee Metropolis.
Frankfurt, 1572 (or later):
Est: $600 - $900
Two Jerusalems are depicted; on the left, the city during the Second Temple Era; on the right, the contemporary city. Lower left, Moses receives the Decalogue at Mount Sinai, surrounded by a prostrating nation. This first appeared in Braun and Hogenberg’s ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum.’