A View of the Holy Sites, created by Hillel David Braverman". [Europe, ca. mid-19th century].
A printed braodside, in its center is a view of Jerusalem surrounded by a view of the holy sites, including the Western Wall, Rachel's Tomb, David's Tower and more, alongside less common holy sites such as "Mount Sinai and Chorev" and "Mount Tabor and Hermon". On both sides of the view of the Western Wall there are two maps sketched by the artist – "The current form of Zion and Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives" and the "Form of the Temple". Some of the views of the holy sites are almost completely identical to pictures of the holy sites made by Rabbi Yehosef Schwartz, as they appeared in a lithography he had printed in 1837 (see: Zion VeYerushalayim BeRuach VeChomer [Zion and Jerusalem in Spirit and Matter], Nitza Bahrouzi. Tel-Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 1993. p. 23).
On the upper part of the broadside are Hebrew verses dealing with destruction and return to Zion.
Hillel David Braverman is known as a micrography artist. He is known to have printed a broadside titled "The Holy Sites" and a map of.
The NLI holds a different edition of this broadside, with a different title and without the artist's name.
Approx. 43x35 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases. Two small open tears, restored, in the upper left corner.

Two maps of biblical Palestine, from the book Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae [A Journey through the Holy Scriptures], by Heinrich Bünting. [Germany?, 17th century?].
1. Taffel des Heiligen Landes zu dem Newen Testament dienlich
Approx. 30.5x19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small tears to margins and a small wormhole. An open tear in the lower-right corner (reinforced with tape).
2. Beschreibung des gelobten Landes Canaan.
Approx. 30.5x19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears and open tears to margins (restored). Damage to text on verso of the map as a result of the restoration.
The book "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae" was first published in 1581 and was considered then the most comprehensive description of biblical geography. Dozens of editions of the book were published during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Approx. 75 maps depicting Palestine and the area of the Mediterranean basin – woodcuts and engravings (many of them hand-colored), from travelogues and other books, most of them from Europe, from the 16th-19th centuries.
Collection of engravings and woodcuts with maps of Palestine and Middle Eastern countries, by the most important cartographers of Europe: Ortelius, Adrichom, Kruik, Jansson, Nicolas, Sanson and more.
The collection includes:
* Turcici imperii description, map of Palestine, countries of the Mediterranean basin and middle eastern countries, from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Theater of the World] Atlas, by the cartograph Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). [Antwerp, 1575].
* Situs Terrae Promissionis SS Bibliorum Intelligentiam Exacte Aperiens, map of Palestine by Christian van Adrichom. [Amsterdam, ca. 1590].
* Het Beloofde Landt Canaan Door Wandelt van Onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo Neffens Syne Apostelen, map of Palestine, by Nicolaes Visscher (1618-1679).
* Terra Promissa In Sortes Seu Tribus XII Distincta, map of Palestine divided according to the estates of the Tribes, by Phillipe De La Rue, published by Covens & Mortier's.
* Terra Sancta Christi et Deiparae patria utriusque sacris vestigiis atque favoribus hodieque illustrata. 1699, map of the Mediterranean basin, from Atlas Marianus by Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704).
* A New Mapp of the Mediterranean Sea by Nicholas Sanson (1600-1667).
* Castra metatio oder Zeichnung der Lager-Ordnung, nach welcher XII. Stämme des Volks Gottes, a map depicting the Twelve Tribes in the desert, according to how they camped around the Tabernacle, by Christoph Weigel (1654-1735).
* And more.
Approx. 75 maps. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Several maps are in fair-bad condition, with long tears.