Antique Print-JERUSALEM-ISRAEL-PALESTINE-Chatelain-1732

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Antique print, titled: 'Vue et description de la Ville de Jerusalem [.].' - (View and description of Jerusalem.) Decorative and finely engraved view of Jerusalem from a neighboring hillside, with vignettes below showing major landmark sites. Extensive legend with descriptions of important sites. Etching/engraving on hand laid paper. Description: This original old antique print / plate originates from the fifth volume of: 'Atlas Historique.' (Historic Atlas.), Published by Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1732. The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography, geography, history, chronology, genealogy, topography, heraldry, and costumes of the world. The maps in the Atlas Historique were mainly based on those of the French cartographer, Guillaume De L'Isle, but were presented by the Chatelains in an encyclopaedic form.Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Henri Abraham Chatelain' after an anonymous artist. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication. Condition: Excellent, given age. Original middle folds, as issued. Tear in lower part of middle fold, backed by contemporary paper and consolidated with acid free tape. Crease in right lower part of print. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: B31-19 The overall size is ca. 19.6 x 17.1 inch. The image size is ca. 19.4 x 15 inch. The overall size is ca. 49.7 x 43.5 cm. The image size is ca. 49.2 x 38.1 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 60212

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