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Auction 147, Lot 587

"Ierusalem", Stoopendaal, Bastiaan

Subject: Jerusalem, Holy Land

Period: 1688 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.3 x 11.9 inches
46.5 x 30.2 cm
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Beautiful and fully engraved bird's-eye plan of the holy city flanked by engravings of religious icons, Solomon and a high priest. Reportedly after Vallapando's imaginary city plan, the map was published in a Dutch Bible. At the top is a large and ornate elevation of the Temple of Solomon. Dutch text on verso.

References: Poortman & Augusteijn #142.

Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed, with attractive color, minor soiling at bottom left, and a couple of short fold separations that have been professionally repaired.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $220

Closed on 11/20/2013

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