Destruction of Jerusalem, Woodcut, 1492 Destruction of Jerusalem – Double Incunable Leaf from Hartmann Schedel's "Nuremberg Chronicle", 1493. Destruccio Iherosolime (Destruction of Jerusalem). Woodcut from Schedelsche Weltchronik (The Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493). One of the first views of Jerusalem ever printed. A woodcut depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple by Babylonian general Nabuzaradan in the year 586 BCE. Taken from the first German edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, published several months after the Latin edition. On verso, a woodcut depicting King Zedekiah led into Babylonian captivity. 43X59 cm. Fair condition. Tears and several small holes, restored. Laor 1125A.

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