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Auction 94, Lot 356

"De Heylige En Wytvermaerde Stadt Ierusalem Eerst Genaemt Salem…", Visscher, Nicolas

Subject: Holy Land - Jerusalem

Period: 1663 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.7 x 12.5 inches
47.5 x 31.8 cm
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Superb bird's eye plan of the holy city of Jerusalem with all the principal sites numbered and keyed to a table in a scroll at left . Biblical scenes are shown on the hillside in the foreground including the crucifixion.

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Condition: A

Toned with a tiny bit of faint foxing and an expert repair of fold in bottom margin, overall still very good.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $300

Closed on 3/7/2001

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