16th century prospect of Jerusalem

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Die heilege statt Jerusalem...
Basle, c.1550. German text edition. Coloured woodcut, image size 150 x 370mm, set in a page of text.

Prospect of contemporary Jerusalem, with crescents marking the mosques. with text beneath and on verso. The woodcutter, Jacob Clauer, has put his monogram 'IC' on the city walls.

LAOR: 1087.
Stock ID : 21536