Subject: Holy Land, Jerusalem
Period: 1653 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.8 x 12 inches
45.2 x 30.5 cm
Beautiful and fully engraved bird's-eye plan of the holy city flanked by engravings of religious icons, Solomon and a high priest. This map is designed after Villapando's imaginary city plan, and it was published within a Dutch Bible. At the top is a large and ornate elevation of the Temple of Solomon. The map is a reduced version of Bastiaan Stoopendaal's earlier map of Jerusalem with the bottom vignettes removed. Dutch text on verso.
References: Poortman & Augusteijn #143 (KII2); cf Laor #1150.
Condition: B+
Issued folding, now flattened with some small fold separations reinforced on the verso with tissue, one entering the map at bottom about a half an inch. There are a few small spots on the map.