Auction 77 · Lot 90
Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totisque Orientis Longe Clarissima…
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $550
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
BRAUN, GEORG & HOGENBERG, FRANS.
Place
Cologne, first edition 1575 (or later).
Description
Hand-colored.
references
Laor 1040.
summary
Bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem from atop the Mount of Olives. The cartographers made use here of both recorded description as well as flight of imagination. Latin text reads: “Ezekiel V. This is Jerusalem. I have placed it in the midst of the nations and the countries that are around about her.”
13.5 x 17 inches (34 x 43 cm) to mat. Finely framed.
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