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.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $950

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

printer

(Rabe, Feyrabend & Han)

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1565 and 1569

Description

Two works in one volume. Titles in red and black. German text with occasional use of Hebrew. Numerous woodcut text illustrations by Virgil Solis.

references

Cf. Adams R-340; Tobler 209.

summary

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.

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.

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