Jerusalem die Heilige Viereckete Stadt, in Grund Gelegt und Eigentlich Abgemalet. Double-page woodcut map.
AUCTION 64 |
Thursday, March 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art
Lot 258
BUENTING, HEINRICH.
Jerusalem die Heilige Viereckete Stadt, in Grund Gelegt und Eigentlich Abgemalet. Double-page woodcut map.
Magdeburg, first edition 1581, (or later):
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,000
From: Heinrich Buenting, Itinerarium Sacrae Scriptura.
Pictorial imaginary plan of Jerusalem oriented to the west, featuring sites in the walled city such as King David’s Palace, Herod’s Theater and the house of Pharoah’s daughter; along with the surrounding areas such as Bethlehem and the Mountain of Golgotha.
This is one of ten maps by Buenting (1545-1606) in which he rewrote the Bible as an illustrated travel book. Other maps in the series attest to Buenting’s imaginative approach to cartography, wherein he depicts the world in the form of a cloverleaf, Europe as the Queen of the World and Asia as the horse Pegasus.