Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas, Iudaeae Metropolis

Two plans of Jerusalem on one sheet. Left ancient city of Jerusalem at the time of Christ, right the modern city. Latin text on verso (Ierosolyma). From the 1582 or 1588 latin editon of Braun & Hogenberg's town atlas Civitates orbis terrarum.

Minor age toning in top margin, minor crease. Very good copy.

Georg Braun, born 1542 and Frans Hogenberg, born around 1536, German publishers and engravers, have issued the famous six volume town book Civitates Orbis Terrarum between 1572 and 1618. The volumes originally published in Latin, follow by German and French translations. The plates passed to Jan Janssonius who reissued the town books in 1657 while removing the costume figures on the plates. Braun died in 1622, Hogenberg in 1588.