Apr 24, 2006 - Sale 2076

Sale 2076 - Lot 161

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REISSNER, ADAM. Jerusalem, die alte Haubstat der Jüden. Double-page woodcut view of Jerusalem; double-page woodcut map of the Holy Land; woodcut text illustrations by Virgil Solis and others; lacks the genealogical table. [14], 125, [7]; 177, [13] leaves. 2 parts in one volume * Jerusalem, die gaistlich himlisch Stat Gottes. [4], 227 leaves. Together, 2 volumes in one. Folio, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin with concentric historiated rolls surrounding panel stamps of King David (front cover) and the Crucifixion (rear cover), brass catches and clasps, bottom of spine chipped, front joint partly cracked; contents browned with occasional marginal dampstaining, wormholes through last few leaves of second work. Frankfurt am Main: (Georg Rabe et al.), 1565; 1569