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BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) and Frans HOGENBERG (c.1538-1590). Jerusalem, et suburbia eius sicut tempore Christi floruit ... [Cologne: 1572 or later]. Large hand-coloured engraved town plan of Jerusalem after Christianus Adrichomius, on two sheets, not joined, (each sheet approx. 378 x 492mm). (Some very light discolouration.) Hierosolyma, clarissima totius Orientis ciuitas Judeae Metropolis . [Cologne: 1572 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Jerusalem, (335 x 480mm). Map supplemented with descriptive keys. Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Judeae, totiusque Orientis longe clarissima . [Cologne: 1572 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Jerusalem, (324 x 410mm). Title set in cartouche in lower left corner, descriptive key in lower right corner, five decorative costumed figures in centre foreground. (Some discolouration.) A series of fascinating plans and bird's-eye views of the city of Jerusalem, one showing the city at the time of Christ and in its modern layout. These plans appeared in Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum (1572-1617), the first atlas of town plans and views embracing the known world. Laor, Maps of the Holy Land , entries 1039, 1040 and 1041. (3)