Wood engraving depicting Jerusalem between the walls, Solomon’s Temple and the surrounding buildings. Round city, as it was customary in described Middle Ages. By Hartmann Schedel. In the title: Hierosolima [Jerusalem]. Nuremberg, 1493. Incunabula. From Liber Chronicarum: Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten [ Nuremberg Chronicle ], p. xvii. Latin inscriptions.
Latin inscription in the center: Templum Salomois. The engraving was done by Michael Wolgemat (1434-1519).
Among the first maps of Jerusalem presently known. See Leor, 1123. Rubin, Jerusalem in Maps and Views , page 60.
Size: 19×22 cm. Placed in passe-partout: 33×36 cm. Very fine condition.