Dese Contersedtinghe der Stadt Jerusalem….

Scarce c.17th Dutch plan of plan of Jerusalem as a walled city with King David and Solomon’s temples, Olive trees, from Heinrich Bunting’s famous classic account of biblical travel.

Although Bunting, had never actually visited the Holy Land, he produced an original work by recasting sacred scripture into a Reissbuch” (Noonan); “the most complete summary of the knowledge of that day concerning the geography of the biblical events” (Van der Heijden, p. 55).

From Bunting, H. Itinerarium Totius Sacrae Scripturae ….

References:
Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. London 1987 : 202, Pl. 166 (page 226).

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1673025