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Auction 201, Lot 631

"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: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
19.7 x 14.2 inches
50 x 36.1 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 a bright sheet with minor printer's ink residue and light toning along the centerfold.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $60

Closed on 11/20/2024

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