On left of sheet is imaginary topographic description of the ancient city at the time of Jesus Christ; on right side is topographical description of the modern city. Relief shown by shading, hachures, and pictorially. From: Civitates orbis terrarum / Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg. Köln, 1572, Vol. I, No. 52 (should read 53), according to Laor. "The maps are drawn after Laicstain-De Jode's original but without mentioning the names." Laor, p.152. Inset at bottom right of Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law. Copperplate. Latin text on verso: "Ierosolyma." Includes index.
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Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590 and Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622
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