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PLANCIUS, PETRUS / MATHES, D.R.M. - Waerachtig beschryving Vande Wydvermaerde Conincklicke Hoof-stadt Ierusalem. Double-page, hand-colored copperplate map. 15 x 22 inches (38 x 56 cm). Leiden, 1609 (or later): Depiction of Jerusalem during the Second Commonwealth. Surrounded by fifteen medallions depicting Temple vessels and scenes. Unsurprisingly, the plan depicts a city that appears far more similar to contemporary Dutch urban environments than to Roman Jerusalem.