Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Hand-Colored Map of Jerusalem – August Christian Fleischmann, after Christian van Adrichem – Nuremberg, Ca. 1736
Opening: $200
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
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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