Lot 56
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[Holy Land] - Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz

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Description

  • Hierosolyma, urbs sancta. Ludeae, totiusque Orientis longe clarissima, qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aevo conspicua est. Koeln, Braun & Hogenberg, 1575.
  • ink, paper
Engraved view, 12 ¾ x 16 ¼ in.; 324 x 413 mm, handcolored. Matted.

Literature

Laor 1040

Catalogue Note

A bird’s-eye-view of modern Jerusalem seen from the east.

The view depicts 48 major sites with a key at the lower right. 
From the Civitates orbis terrarum, vol II, no. 54.