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Lot 164

Map of Jerusalem – Bernard Lamy – Paris, Late 17th or Early 18th Century

Descriptio urbis Jerusalem & suburbanorum ejus – Engraved map by Claude Auguste Berey and Franz Ertinger. [Paris?, late 17th or early 18th century].
Depiction of walled Jerusalem, oriented to the north, with the Temple and other holy sites indicated. Likely originated from one of the editions of "Harmonia sive concordia quatuor evangelistarum" by French theologian and mathematician Bernard Lamy (1640-1715).

Engraved map: 30X40 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Mounted.

See: Eran Laor Map Collection, National Library of Israel, Jer 218.1 (a similar version by Francesco Polanzani; Venice, 1725).