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Sale 2706 - Lot 122

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(JERUSALEM.) Wenceslaus Hollar. Group of 3 engraved views and plans. London, circa 1660
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- Hierusalem Veteris Imago Vera Ea Forma qua Versante in Terris D.N. I. Christo... ex Variorum Observationibus Accuratissima Precipue Johannis Baptistae Villalpandi. Large spectacularly-engraved conceptual panorama of the city with an inset plan and 55-point location key. 2 sheets joined, 15¼x42½ inches overall, margins shaved to the neatline; archivally lined on verso with thin tissue stabilizing several repairs including a well-disguised but clunky-on-closer-inspection reinstatement of a small area at lower right. Laor 1043. London, 1660.

- Scenographica Totius Templi Hierosolymitani Omniumque Illius Porticuum a Salomone Constructarum Delineatio. Beautifully-engraved bird's-eye view of Solomon's Temple imagined as an enormous neoclassical palace. Laid paper with the "bunch of grapes" watermark, 15½x20½ inches sheet size, narrow margins; small edge nicks and repairs, folding wing panels backed with thicker laid paper. London, 1659.

- Vestigium Templi Hierosolymitani et Universarum Illius Porticuum a Salomone Constructarum / Sacrae Architecturae Partes Earumque Mensurae et Ornamenta... etc. Engraved layout of Solomon's Temple and architectural embellishments. Laid paper with a shield/fleur-de-lis watermark, 15¾x19¾ inches sheet size, trimmed to the platemark; minor flaws but generally very good. London, 1657.

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