A striking 16th century two-sheet plan of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Jerusalem&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerusalem</a>.<ul><li>Georg Braun (German).</li><li>Frans Hogenberg (Flemish-German).</li><li>Ierusalem et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit..</li><li>Cologne: 1588.</li><li>German text edition.</li><li>Fine original color.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> 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.

German Plan of Jerusalem

The Tribe of Simeon, from: The Jerusalem Windows [La tribu de Simeon: Douze maquettes de vitraux pour Jérusalem], by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=marc+chagall&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marc Chagall</a>, 1964.<ul><li>Marc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887-1985).</li><li>Lithograph in colors on Arches Wove paper.</li><li>Hand signed and numbered.</li><li>Part of an edition of 150, this being 67.</li><li>Printed by Charles Sorlier, Paris, 1964.</li><li>Published by Mourlot, Paris, 1964.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>&nbsp;This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" in the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 150, at the lower left margin.&nbsp;Additionally, the print is signed in the plate by Marc Chagall at the lower right corner of the image and annotated in the plate "CH Sorlier Grav Lith" in the lower left corner. This work was printed by Charles Sorlier based on Chagall's last studies for the Jerusalem Windows. It was printed in 1964 in a limited edition of 150 hand signed and Arabic numbered impressions. In addition, there were 10 artist’s proofs and 75 signed and numbered impressions with Roman numerals. The reverse bears the stamp with the details of the work.&nbsp;This is the second composition of twelve for the maquettes. The paper bears the Arches watermark in the right margin.

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