Mosaize Historie der Hebreeuwse Kerke.

AUCTION 83 | Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art

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Lot 60

GOEREE, WILLEM & DAVID.

Mosaize Historie der Hebreeuwse Kerke.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Four volumes. Titles printed in red and black with engraved devices. Historiated initials. Additional copper engraved title pages and frontispieces. With numerous maps including: 41 fold-out plates, 16 full-page plates, 11 half-page plates all executed by <<Jan Luyken>> as well as numerous text illustrations, decorated initials and tailpieces. Vol. I: pp. (54), 728, (20). Vol. II: pp. (12), 804, (20). Vol. III: pp. (16), 755, (17). Vol. IV: pp. (12), 693, (15). Light wear, few tears. Contemporary vellum, covers slightly buckled, discolored, upper portion of spine of vol. III defective. Folio. Sold not subject to return.

Amsterdam: 1700

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

A handsome set, in an attractive contemporary vellum binding of the first edition of this grand publication by Dutch scholar Willem Goeree (1635-1711). An important study on Jewish (and surrounding) antiquities. The charming copper engraved fold-outs include scenes of the Patriarch Jacob, the Ten Plagues, the Perigrination of the Jews in the Wilderness, the Tabernacle, and the Desert Encampment.