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Old Jerusalem and Modern Jerusalem' – Engraving – Cologne, 1572

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Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas, Iudaeae Metropolis, map of Jerusalem. Copper engraving from the book by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" [Atlas of World's Towns]. [Cologne, 1572]. Text in Latin.

An engraving showing two maps of Jerusalem and the Temple. On the left "Old Jerusalem", and on the right "Modern Jerusalem". Below is an illustration of the figure of Moses at Mount Sinai, and Aaron in Priesthood clothes.

Laor: 1039

Engraving: 48.5X34 cm, leaf: 51X38.5 cm. Folding mark. Very good condition.

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127. Old Jerusalem and Modern Jerusalem' – Engraving – Cologne, 1572