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Reissner, Adam.
Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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Description
- Ierusalem vetustissima illa et celeberrima totius mundi civitas, ex sacris literis et approbatis historicis ad unguem descripta. Frankfurt: Georg Raben, Sigismund Feyerabend and Heirs of Weigand Han, 1563
- paper
Folio (302 x 182mm.), woodcut device on title-page, double-page woodcut map, woodcut illustrations, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, upper cover stamped with IERUSALEM and the date 1565, metal corner-pieces, clasps and catches, [VD 16 R1058; Röhricht 708], small tear to final leaf (repaired) affecting a few letters, 3 leaves in gatherings 2G and 2H misbound, binding slightly rubbed
Provenance
Franciscan convent of Vienna in Rossau, inscription dated 1654
Catalogue Note
The first Latin edition, published in the same year as the first German edition, of this well illustrated history of the city of Jerusalem.