Hottinger, Johann Heinrich. Cippi Hebraici [“Tombs of the Hebrews.”]

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Hottinger, Johann Heinrich. Cippi Hebraici [“Tombs of the Hebrews.”]

<<First edition.>> Hebrew and Latin text with occasional use of Arabic. Four engraved plates (three double-page), one depicting Jewish tombs and monuments, another of ancient Judean coins. Neat, learned marginalia. <<*>> From the collection of Rev. Heman (Zvi) Shandel (1847-1924) of Ramsgate, the officiant at the funeral of Sir Moses Montefiore and keen collector of Montefioriana. pp. (24, 48), 159, (9). Stained in places, previous owner’s stamp. Contemporary vellum, rubbed. 12mo. Tobler 71.

Heidelberg: Samuel Broun 1659

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

Cippi Hebraici is a Latin translation of Yichus Avoth (Venice, 1575 - no copy extant); a description of the graves of the righteous and of the Holy Places of Eretz Israel. It was composed by Uri ben Shimon of Biala, an emissary of the Aschkenazic Community of Safed. See A. Yaari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael (1977), pp. 80 and 248.