Auction 31- Numismatic, Rare coins, Banknotes, Unique Maps

1572 map by George Braun Franz Hogenberg. HIEROSOLYMA, CLARISSIMA TOTIUS ORIENTIS CIUITAS, IUDAEE METROPOLIS.... Cologne. 340 x 490mm. From the first volume of Braun & Hogenberg's 'Civitates orbis terrarum'. Two plans of Jerusalem on one sheet, one an imaginary description of the ancient city of Jerusalem at the time of Christ, and the other a topographical description of the modern city. Moses receiving the tablets of the Law appears in a small inset at bottom right. LAOR: 1039. Sold at Tooley's for £640 Uniformly aged with some pencil marks in margin, very attractive map. Estimate $500-800.