Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Map of Jerusalem - Engraving - Augsburg, 1745

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Ierusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit. Edited by Matthaeus Seutter. Copperplate engraving, hand-colored. [Augsburg, 1745?].
An imaginary plan of Old Jerusalem with the Temple in its center, after Christian Kruik van Adrichem. At the bottom of the leaf is a detailed explanatory text and index to various sites Jerusalem.
On the reverse appears a long German text in fine handwriting, about the history of Jerusalem, titled "Der II Prospect von Ierusalem".
Laor 1129.
54X63 cm. Good condition. Some tears. Stains. Dampstains. Wear.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.
The Hermann M. Z. Meyer Collection
The Hermann M. Z. Meyer Collection