GROUP OF FIVE HOLY-LAND MAPS.

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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GROUP OF FIVE HOLY-LAND MAPS.

Five, double-page copperplate engraved maps of the Holy-Land or Jerusalem in German text: * Abriss der Hütten… Gezelten der Kinder Israel [Demolition of the huts… Tents of the Children of Israel]. August Christian Fleischmann. * Die Gegend des irdischen Paradieses und des Landes Canaan [The Territory of the Earthly Paradise and the Land of Canaan]. Jacob von Sandrart. (Laor 814). * Die Reise der Kinder Israel aus Egypten [The Journey of the Children of Israel from Egypt]. J. von Sandrart. (Laor 815). * Erster Abrissz der Stadt Jerusalem… [First Demolition of the City of…]. A.C. Fleischmann. (Laor 1022). * Eigentliche Vorstellung der Statt Jerusalem… [Actual Idea of the Place…] A.C. Fleischmann. (Laor 1023). Each 16 x 21 inches.

Nuremberg, 1736:

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

From: Biblia. Martin Luther, Johann Andrea Endters Seel Sohn und Erben, Nuremberg, 1736. (1) A bird’s-eye view of the encampment of the Jewish people with the central Tabernacle and its courtyard showing the priests at service. (2) Earthly Paradise shows the route of Abraham from Ur with vignettes of Adam naming the animals, Eve’s creation from Adams rib, Eve with the apple and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. (3) The Peregrination of the Children of Israel through the desert. (4) A copy in reduced scale of Adrichom’s 1584 plan of ancient Jerusalem including Renaissance-era buildings, temples and fountains and the fortified walls of the town. (5) An antique plan of Jerusalem. German printmakers and engravers August Christian Fleischmann (1687-1736) and Jacob von Sandrart (1630-1708) were active in Nuremberg. Sandart was the founder and first director of the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Art.