Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totiusque Orientis Longe Clarissima.

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 47
BRACHEL, PETER VON.

Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totiusque Orientis Longe Clarissima.

Double-page hand-colored copperplate view of Jerusalem. Top verse from Book of Ezekiel: "This is Jerusalem! I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her." 14 x 17.5 inches (35.5 x 44.5 cm). Finely framed.

Cologne, 1575:

Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
<<Fine panoramic plan-view of the city of Jerusalem.>> With forty-eight important religious sites and events numbered and keyed to Latin text panel below. Two pages of text concerning the city by Georg Braun on verso. From the first atlas of world cities: Civitates Orbis Terrarum (Vol. II, p. 54) with plates primarily by the Flemish engraver Frans Hogenberg.