Die Heilige Statt Jerusalem (The Holy City of Jerusalem).

Estimate: $400–$500
Hammer price: $400

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

author

MUENSTER, SEBASTIAN.

Place

Basel, 1550 (or later).

Description

Double-page hand-colored map in German. German text on verso describing Jericho, Gilgal and Akko.

references

NLI archive: https://www.nli.org.il/he/maps/NNL_ALEPH002368135/NLI#$FL184621325. Laor 1087.

summary

A contemporary presentation of a minaret-adorned Jerusalem. Church of the Sepulcher at center rear, with ‘Solomon’s Temple’ (the Dome of the Rock) before it to the left, with two individuals standing on its roof.

11 x 15 inches (29 x 37 cm).

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