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Lot 161

REISSNER (ADAM)
Jerusalem, vetustissima illa et celeberrima totius mundi civitas, Frankfurt, [colophon: per Georgium Corvinum, Sigismundum Feirabent, & haeredes Vuigandi Galli], 1563

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REISSNER (ADAM)

Jerusalem, vetustissima illa et celeberrima totius mundi civitas, woodcut device on title-page, folding woodcut view of Jerusalem and 44 woodcuts by Virgil Solis, browning and occasional dampstaining throughout, 2 small repairs in margin of folding map, N6 and Kk1 strengthened at inner margin, modern vellum-backed marbled boards, gilt panelled spine [Adams R340], folio, Frankfurt, [colophon: per Georgium Corvinum, Sigismundum Feirabent, & haeredes Vuigandi Galli], 1563

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First Latin edition of Reissner's history and description of the city of Jerusalem before its destruction in the year 70/71, published in the same year as the original German edition which was translated by one of his students, Johann Heyden.

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