Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim

Hand-Colored Panorama of Jerusalem – Olfert Dapper – Amsterdam, 1677

Opening: $200
Sold for: $575
Including buyer's premium
Ierusalem – Panoramic view of ancient Jerusalem from the east, by Olfert Dapper. [Amsterdam, 1677].
Large hand-colored engraving, from the first Dutch edition of Dapper’s Naukeurige beschryving van gantsch Syrie en Palestyn of Heilige Lant (Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1677; part II, leaf 327).
Upper right corner features a detailed legend identifying 52 landmarks in the city (Dutch); an additional legend in Latin appears along the lower margin.
Engraving based on the map of Jerusalem by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Engraved map: approx. 31.5X72 cm (printed on two joined sheets; verso blank). Good condition. Minor blemishes. Mounted.
Laor 999.
Travelogues, Maps, Engravings and Panoramas
Travelogues, Maps, Engravings and Panoramas