Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis ciuitas, Iudaee Metropolis. Double-page, hand-colored copperplate plans (two plans on one sheet).
AUCTION 64 |
Thursday, March 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art
Lot 263
HOGENBERG, FRANS & GEORG BRAUN.
Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis ciuitas, Iudaee Metropolis. Double-page, hand-colored copperplate plans (two plans on one sheet).
Cologne, first edition 1572, (or later):
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,100
From: Georg Braun and Frans Hogenburg “Civiates Orbis Terrarum.” Cologne, 1572. Vol. I, no. 52 (i.e. 53). The maps are drawn after Laicstain-De Jode’s original but without recording place-names.
Two plans of Jerusalem on one sheet. On the left half is an imaginary topographic description of the ancient city at the time of Jesus. The right half features a topographical description of the ‘modern’ city - “Noua urbis Hierosolymitanae descriptio…” Latin text on verso: “Ieroslyma.”