Jun 06, 2013 - Sale 2317

Sale 2317 - Lot 273

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(HOLY LAND.) [Adrichem, Christiaan van.] A Description and Explanation of 268 Places in Jerusalem . . . as it flourished in the Time of Jesus Christ . Double-page folding engraved plan of Jerusalem by Charles Whitwell after Adrichem dated 1647; lacks the frontispiece. [12], 91, [5] pages. 4to, early 19th-century 1/4 calf, worn, spine chipped at top; contents soiled, mostly minor repairs on verso of plate; institutional shelf label on spine, embossed stamp on title, and ink accession number on next leaf. London: R. I. and P. S. for Tho. Brewster, 1654

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Translation of a portion of Adrichem's 1590 Theatrum terrae sanctae with an imaginary plan of Jerusalem and environs in the time of Christ. Wing A600A; cf. Laor 934 (recording only the original edition, not noting this translation or version of the plan).