A 16th century comparison of biblical & modern Jerusalem

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Hierosolymia, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas, Judae...
Cologne, 1572-, Latin text edition. Fine original colour. 340 x 485mm.

An old map of Jerusalem at the time of Christ with the 'modern' city, with a key and inset scene at the bottom right depicting Moses receiving the Ten Commandments. This town plan was published in the first volume of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first systematic series of printed town plans.

KOEMAN: B&H 1; LAOR: 1039.
Stock ID : 24048