Subject: Jerusalem, Holy Land
Period: 1730 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
17.2 x 12 inches
43.7 x 30.5 cm
Pair of fine copper engravings showing various elevations and plans for Solomon's Temple based on the imaginative reconstructions of Juan Bautista Villalpando, whose work was based on the assumption that the buildings of Jerusalem were designed using the laws of geometry according to God's vision.
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Condition: A
Minor toning and short fold separations in the blank margins, not affecting the engravings.