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Auction 113, Lot 698

"[Jerusalem]", Sanudo/Vesconte

Subject: Holy Land - Jerusalem

Period: 1611 (published)

Publication: Liber Secretorum Fidelium Crucis

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.3 x 10.1 inches
18.5 x 25.7 cm
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Scarce sketch plan of Jerusalem and vicinity, extending as far as Bethany. Marino Sanudo was a Venetian statesman and geographer in the 14th century. He is best known for his life-long attempts to revive the Crusades. His great work, the Secreta (or Liber Secretorum Fidelium Crucis), was written in manuscript and presented to popes and kings in an attempt to persuade them to launch another series of crusades. Through its accompanying maps and plans, which were the work of the great sea-chart maker Petrus Vesconte, it occupies an important place in the development of cartography. The Secreta was only printed once and published with Bongars Gesta Dei per Francos, by Wechelius in 1611.

References: Laor #1145; Mickwitz & Miekkavaara (Nordenskiold III) #346-II-4;cf. Nebenzahl (HL) fig. 10.

Condition: B

Bit of very faint foxing and weaker impression at lower left neatline.

Estimate: $900 - $1,000

Sold for: $850

Closed on 12/7/2005

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