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Auction 158, Lot 391

"Vue & Description de la Ville de Jerusalem Telle qu' elle est Aujourd' hui avec les Tombeaux de ses Anciens Rois, & Quelques Autres Antiquites Curieuses qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Cette Ville", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Jerusalem, Holy Land

Period: 1719 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
19.5 x 14.8 inches
49.5 x 37.6 cm
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This folio sheet contains a bird's-eye view of modern Jerusalem based upon De Bruyn with 25 principal sites numbered and keyed to a table below. Below the view are 5 vignettes: "Vue de Mont Liban"; "Tombeau de Zacharie"; "Tombeaux des Rois"; "Tombeau d'Absalom"; "Vue de Mont Liban". Panels of French text completes the sheet.

References: Laor #985.

Condition: B+

A dark impression on watermarked paper with light toning. Issued folding.

Estimate: $550 - $700

Unsold

Closed on 6/22/2016

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