Georg Braun, Frans Hogenberg

A striking 16th century two-sheet plan of Jerusalem.

• Georg Braun (German).
• Frans Hogenberg (Flemish-German).
• Ierusalem et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit..
• Cologne: 1588.
• German text edition.
• Fine original color.
• This work is presented unframed.

A large plan of Jerusalem at the time of Christ, based on the plan by Christian van Adrichom (1533-1585), but enlarged and oriented to the north.

The most important buildings are shown in profile, most with 16th century architecture rather than first century.

This is one of the few historical plates published in the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the first series of printed town plans, a monumental six-volume work published 1572-1618.