Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Jerusalem - Woodcut - Leaf from "Cosmography" by Sebastian Münster

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La saincte cite de Jerusalem iadiz metropolitaine du royaume des Iuifz, & maintenant colonie du Turc. [The Holy City of Jerusalem, Formerly the Capital of the Kingdom of Judea, Today a Turkish Colony]. Leaf (four pages, nos. 1165-1168), from the book "Cosmography" by Sebastian Münster. [Apparently from one of the book's French editions, published in the course of the 16th century].
Woodcut depicting Jerusalem from the east. Beneath it is a text about Jericho; on the leaf's reverse is a text in Hebrew praising Jerusalem, and an imaginary depiction of Acre (woodcut).
Leaf: 30X38.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Three pieces of paper mounted on the leaf's reverse, attached to top margins (p. 1165, 1168).
Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography
Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography