Adam Reissner. Jerusalem, die Alte Haubtstat der Jüden. Second edition. ff. (14), CXXV, (1, blank), (6), 177, (1), (12). <<* WITH:>> Adam Reissner. Jerusalem, Die Gaistlich himlisch Stat Gottes Nemlich. First edition. ff. (4), CCXVII.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 106

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Adam Reissner. Jerusalem, die Alte Haubtstat der Jüden. Second edition. ff. (14), CXXV, (1, blank), (6), 177, (1), (12). <<* WITH:>> Adam Reissner. Jerusalem, Die Gaistlich himlisch Stat Gottes Nemlich. First edition. ff. (4), CCXVII.

Two works in one volume. Titles in red and black. German text with occasional use of Hebrew. Numerous woodcut text illustrations by Virgil Solis. Lacking double-page view of Jerusalem and double-page map of the Holy Land. Lightly foxed and stained, few neat marginal repairs, minimally wormed at end. Contemporary blind-tooled calf over thick wooden boards. Folio. Cf. Adams R-340; Tobler 209.

Frankfurt a/Main: (Rabe, Feyrabend & Han) 1565 and 1569

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $950

Second edition of Adam Reissner’s important work on Jerusalem (first edition appeared in 1563). Unlike von Breydenbach’s Peregrination in terram sanctam, Reissner’s work paints a more theological picture of the Holy City.