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Auction 44 · Lot 143

REISSNER, ADAM. Jerusalem, die alte Haubtstat der Jüden

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$1,800

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

Raben, Feyrabend & Erben

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1563

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. German with occasional use of Hebrew type. Two Parts in one volume. Double-page view of Jerusalem (Pt. I, bet. ff. 9-10), and double-page map of Holy Land (Pt. II, bet. ff.159-160). Several woodcut illustrations embedded in text. Leather thumb-tabs throughout

references

Cf. Adams R-340; Tobler 209; Laor 642, 1116
Pt. I: ff. (16), 168, (1), (7), (1). Pt. II: ff. (6), 227, (1 blank), (11). Lightly foxed and stained, marginal worming. Later half-vellum. Folio
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