Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Sold for: $275
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, edited by Charles W. Wilson. London: J.S. Virtue and Co., [London, ca. 1880-1884]. Four volumes (complete set). English.
A comprehensive collection of articles about the history, geography and archeology of Palestine and its surroundings, and about the Jewish, Muslim and Christian residents of the area, written by renowned British scholars (such as Charles Wilson, Henry Baker Tristram and others). The articles are accompanied by 42 engraved plates (steel engravings; including engraved title pages), two large color maps (a map of Palestine and a map of Sinai and Egypt) and hundreds of in-text illustrations (woodcuts). The engravings, depicting the views and inhabitants of Palestine and its surroundings, were made after works by Harry Fenn and John Douglas Woodward.
Fine, non-matching bindings.
Volume I: X, 240 pages + [10] plates. Volume II: VI, 240 page + [12] plates. Volume III: VI, 240 pages + [11] plates + [1] map (on a double plate). Volume IV: VI, 236 pages + [9] plates + [1] map (on a double plate), 32 cm. Condition varies. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes, tears and rubbings to bindings.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, edited by Colonel Charles Wilson. New York: D. Appleton, [1881-1883]. Two volumes (complete set). English.
A comprehensive collection of essays on the history, geography and archaeology of the Holy Land and its surroundings, and on the Jewish, Muslim and Christian inhabitants of the region, written by prominent British scholars – among them Charles Wilson, Henry Baker Tristram, Charles Warren and others. Accompanied by 40 engraved plates (steel engravings), two large folding colored maps (of the Holy Land and of Sinai and Egypt), and numerous in-text illustrations (wood engravings).
The steel and wood engravings, depicting the landscapes of the Holy Land, its inhabitants and surroundings, are based on drawings by Harry Fenn and John Douglas Woodward.
Two volumes, in decorated leather bindings, with gilt ornaments to front boards and spines, and gilt edges.
Vol. I: [1] leaf, X, 480 pages + [20] engraved plates (including engraved title page). Vol. II: X, 476 pages + [20] engraved plates (including engraved title page) + [2] folding maps. 32 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Bookplate on inner front board. Wear, defects and peeling to bindings.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,375
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"Haram Grounds &c.", architectural plan (or "floor plan") of the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. From the first British ordnance survey of Jerusalem led by Charles William Wilson. Printed on behalf of the "Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem", Southampton, 1865.
Detailed architectural plan of the area of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, including Latin transcriptions and English translations of the original Arabic names of the relevant sites. Created as part of the comprehensive survey of Jerusalem conducted by the British army. The sketch is divided into eight parts, all mounted onto a foldable linen cloth surface.
The "Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem", led by the British army engineer Charles William Wilson (1836-1905), was conducted in the years 1864-65. This was the first technical survey ever to be executed by British authorities outside English territory. Under its auspices, the first systematically measured and scientifically charted map of Jerusalem was prepared; the eponymous "Wilson’s Arch" was discovered and identified; and the subterranean architectural foundations of the Temple Mount (known in Arabic as "Al-Harem A-Sharif" – "the Noble Sanctuary") were mapped and documented. The survey’s findings provided the groundwork for the establishment of the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) in 1865.
102X134.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, incl. minor dampstains. Wear.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Sold for: $938
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Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit... descripta per Christianum Adrichom Delphum. [Cologne, ca. 1584].
Imaginary map of Jerusalem and its environs, featuring 270 numbered vignettes depicting biblical and historical events – from the reign of David and Solomon to the Crucifixion – based on the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and other sources.
First issued in 1584, the map was originally published alongside a booklet titled "Jerusalem… et suburbanorum… brevis description", which described the 270 sites and events depicted in the map. From 1590 onward, the map was included in various editions of Christian van Adrichem’s Theatrum Terrae Sanctae.
Engraved map: approx. 54X76.5 cm (printed on two joined sheets; verso blank). Good-fair condition. Stains, creases, and minor wear. Small tears and holes, some reinforced with adhesive tape on verso.
Laor 934.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit. [Cologne, 1588].
Hand-colored engraving, from the first Latin edition of volume IV of the city atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg. Latin text on verso: "Iervsalem vrbs Aitsingeri descriptione, illustrata".
The rarest of the three Jerusalem maps issued in Braun and Hogenberg’s atlas. An imaginative view of Jerusalem and its environs, featuring 270 numbered vignettes depicting sites and events – from the reign of David and Solomon to the Crucifixion – based on the Bible, the New Testament, and other sources.
This map is based on Christian van Adrichem’s 1584 map of Jerusalem, but unlike Adrichem’s horizontally oriented, east-facing format, the present version is vertically oriented and faces north.
Engraved map: 76.5X52 cm (printed on two joined sheets, leaves 58-59). Overall good condition. Minor tears and marginal wear. Handwritten notations to margins.
Laor 1041A.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Sold for: $375
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Breve Descrittione della Città di Gierusalemme [A Brief Description of the City of Jerusalem], by Christian van Adrichem (1533-1585), translated into Italian by Pietro Francesco Toccolo. Verona: Marc’Antonio Palazzolo, 1590. Italian.
Italian translation of "Ierusalem sicut Christi tempore floruit", Christian van Adrichem’s early work, first published in Latin (1584) describing the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Places.
According to the title page, the volume was issued with a topographical map of the city (copper engraving); however, the map was not originally bound with all copies of this edition and appears to have been issued separately and inserted into only some copies. The Latin original was included a map, which was later reprinted in van Adrichem’s monumental "Theatrum Terrae Sanctae" (also published in 1590).
[6] leaves, 204 pages. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears, including small open tears and some worming, not affecting text. Old parchment binding with leather tie closures. Binding damaged and restored.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Erster Abriß der Stadt Jerusalem, wie sie fürnemlich zur Zeit deß Herrn Christi beschaffen gewesen meistentheils genommen auß deß dem Tractat Christiani Adrichomij de Terra Sancta. [Nuremberg, ca. 1736].
Map of Jerusalem by August Christian Fleischmann (1687-1736), a reduced-scale version of Christian van Adrichem’s famous 1584 map. An imaginary view of Jerusalem and its surroundings, with 270 numbered vignettes illustrating biblical and historical events – from the reign of David and Solomon to the Crucifixion – drawn from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and other sources.
Engraved map: 43X52 cm (printed on two joined sheets; verso blank). Overall good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Small hole to margin. Mounted.
See Laor 1022 (identical version with text on verso; Nuremberg, 1736).
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Sold for: $350
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Ierusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit – Hand-colored engraved map. [Augsburg, ca. 1745].
Schematic, imaginary map of ancient Jerusalem, based on the map by Christian van Adrichom. The Temple, streets, sites, city walls, and gates are depicted at the center.
A detailed legend identifying historical landmarks is printed in the lower portion of the sheet, titled "Beschreibung der Stadt Ierusalem".
Large engraving from Seutter’s historical atlas ("Atlas Novus"), published in Augsburg ca. 1745.
Approx. 61.5X53.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Small marginal tears with minor loss. Old repairs.
Laor 1129.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,375
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Hierosolyma urbs sancta, Iudaeae, totiusque Orientis longe clarissima, qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aevo conspicua est. [Cologne: Aegidius Radeus, 1575].
Hand-colored engraving, from the first Latin edition of volume II of the city atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg (Cologne, 1575; vol. II, plate 54).
Bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem from the east.
While intended as a realistic depiction of the city – unlike earlier imaginary reconstructions – the map retains several conventional inaccuracies. Notably, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is depicted from the south, despite the ostensibly eastern orientation.
A legend at the corner identifies 48 sites in and around Jerusalem. At the top appears a Latin verse from Ezekiel: "This is Jerusalem; in the midst of the nations I have placed it, and around it are lands".
In the foreground appear five figures in Eastern attire. As Braun explains in the preface to vol. I of the atlas, the inclusion of human figures was intended to deter Turkish military use of the atlas, as Islamic law forbade representations of the human form.
Engraved map: approx. 39.5X42.5 cm (printed on two joined sheets; Latin text on verso of one sheet: Hierosolyma, plate 54). Overall good condition. Stains. Minor tears and marginal wear. Open tear to corner, reinforced with paper.
Laor 1040.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,125
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Hierosolyma urbs sancta, Iudaeae, totiusque Orientis longe clarissima, qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aevo conspicua. [Cologne: Aegidius Radeus, 1576].
Hand-colored engraving from the first German edition of the city atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg (Beschreibung und Contrafactur der vornembsten Stät der Welt, Cologne, 1576; vol. II, plate 54).
Bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem from the east. While intended as a realistic depiction of the city in Braun’s time – unlike earlier imaginary reconstructions – the map retains several conventional inaccuracies. Notably, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is depicted from the south, despite the ostensibly eastern orientation.
A legend in the corner identifies 48 sites in and around Jerusalem. At top, a verse from Ezekiel is printed in Latin: "This is Jerusalem; in the midst of the nations I have placed it, and around it are lands".
In the foreground appear five figures in Eastern attire. As Braun explains in the preface to vol. I of the atlas, the inclusion of human figures was intended to deter Turkish military use of the atlas, as Islamic law forbade representations of the human form.
Engraved map: approx. 40X53 cm (printed on two joined sheets; German text on verso of one sheet: Jerusalem, plate 54). Overall good condition. Stains. Minor tears and marginal wear. Open tear to one corner, repaired with paper.
Laor 1040A.
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Travelogues, Maps, Engravings and Panoramas
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Sold for: $400
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Konterfekt Swatého Města Geruzaléma [Image of the Holy City of Jerusalem], woodcut map of Jerusalem. [Prague, 1592]. Czech.
Imaginary bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem before its destruction, oriented from the east. The city is depicted as a rectangular enclosure with outer walls and gates, symmetrically divided into quarters by three interior walls. At center are the Temple and Mount Moriah, flanked by Mount Zion, city streets, and surrounding hills.
Woodcut from Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, by Heinrich Bünting (Prague, 1592; pp. 44-45).
Woodcut map: 30.5X39 cm (printed on two joined sheets; Czech text on verso, pp. 43 and 46). Good-fair condition. Stains, light creases, and marginal tears.
Rare. Not listed in the National Library of Israel.
Laor 968B.
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Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Oct 22, 2025
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Sold for: $275
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Jerusalem die heilige viereckete Stadt, in grund gelegt und eigentlich abgemahlet, woodcut map of Jerusalem. [Magdeburg: Andreas Duncker, 1600]. German.
Imaginary bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem before its destruction, oriented from the east. The city is depicted as a rectangular area enclosed by walls and gates, symmetrically divided into quarters by three internal walls. At the center are the Temple and Mount Moriah, flanked by Mount Zion, city streets, and surrounding hills.
Woodcut from Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, by Heinrich Bünting (third edition, Magdeburg, 1600; part I, pp. 37-38).
Woodcut map: 32.5X38 cm (printed on two joined sheets; German text on verso, pp. 36 and 39). Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
Laor 968B.
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