Jerusalem and the Temple – Large Collection of Panoramas – 17th-19th Centuries

Large and diverse collection of over 25 panoramas depicting the city of Jerusalem and the Temple, engravings and prints from various travelogues and scholarly works. Some hand-colored. [Europe, 17th-19th centuries].

Among the maps and views:

• Ierusalem – panorama of Jerusalem from the east, by Matthäus Merian, after Reuwich–Breydenbach; with legend in German. [Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1645]. Two copies (one mounted on board).

• Ierusalem – panorama of ancient Jerusalem, viewed from the east, by Olfert Dapper, after Wenceslaus Hollar; from the first Dutch edition of Dapper's Naukeurige beschryving van gantsch Syrie en Palestyn of Heilige Lant (Part II, plate 327). [Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1677]. With legend to 52 sites in Dutch, and additional legend in Latin in the lower margin.

• Jerusalem – panorama by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Olfert Dapper; from the geographical dictionary Kanaan. [Leeuwarden: François Halma, 1717].

• Ierusalem, hodierna – large panorama of modern Jerusalem from the east, engraving by Georg Balthasar Probst, after Giovanni Pietro Fabbroni. [Augsburg: Haeres Ier. Wolffy, ca. 1740].

• Ierusalem – panoramic view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives – two copies, from two different editions of the travelogue Voyage au Levant by the Dutch traveler and painter Cornelius de Bruyn (1652- ca.1726). Plate 143. [Late 17th or early 18th century].

• Vue & Description de la Ville de Jerusalem – panorama of modern Jerusalem, after De Bruyn, from Atlas Historique by Henri Abraham Chatelain (Vol. V, p. 52). [Amsterdam, 1732]. With legend and explanatory notes in French, and five smaller illustrations of the Tomb of Zechariah, Absalom's Pillar, the Tombs of the Kings, and the Lebanon mountains.

• A draught of the city of Jerusalem as it is now, taken from the South-East, by Corneille Le Bruyn – panorama of Jerusalem from the southeast; engraving by James Hulett (signed in plate), after Cornelius de Bruyn. [London?, 1737]. Two copies; one hand-colored.

• The City of Jerusalem – panorama of Jerusalem from the southeast; engraving by James Mynde (signed on plate), after Cornelius de Bruyn, from The Universal Traveller by Thomas Salmon. [London, 1759]. Two copies; one hand-colored.

• Vuë de Jérusalem – hand-colored engraved panorama. [Paris: Basset, mid-18th century]. Intended for viewing through a zograscope, an optical device using mirrors and magnifying glass to emphasize perspective and depth; the title printed in mirror writing for reading through the zograscope.

• Jerusalem, zoo als het tegenwoordig is – small panorama of Jerusalem from the east, by Isaak Tirion; from Hedendaagsche Historie of … alle Volkere. [Amsterdam, 1732].

• The celebrated city of Jerusalem (now called by the Turks Cudsembaric) including its several famous buildings now in decay – panorama of Jerusalem from the southeast, engraving by John Lodge (signed on plate), after Cornelius de Bruyn, from Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography. [Britain: Alexander Hogg, 1784].

• Das Biblische Jerusalem aus der Vogelschau – bird's-eye panorama of Jerusalem by Adolf Eltzner. Folding plate, bound with printed title. Leipzig: J. J. Weber, 1852.

• Vue générale de Jérusalem historique et moderne – panorama of historic and modern Jerusalem, with 100 numbered sites – reproduction of Adolf Eltzner's panorama, from the French weekly L'Univers illustré. [Paris, ca. 1862].

• Panorama de Jérusalem – large panoramic view of Jerusalem, lithograph by Muller. [Paris: Victor Poupin, ca. 1870].

• Panorama Jerusalems / Panorama de Jérusalem / Panorama of Jerusalem / Panorama di Gerusalemme – very large panorama of Jerusalem, as seen from the tower of the Church of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives. Engraving by J. Ruf in Zurich, after drawing by Ulrich Halbreiter. [Munich, mid-19th century].

• And more.

Size and condition vary.