Tavnith HaBayith HaShlishi [on the Prophet Ezekiel’s vision of the future Temple].

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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Lot 128

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Tavnith HaBayith HaShlishi [on the Prophet Ezekiel’s vision of the future Temple].

With commentary by the Vilna Gaon to the Book of Yechezkel chaps. 40-47. <<Fine hand-colored folding plan of the Third Temple>> lacking in most copies. pp. 24. Contemporary marbled wrappers. 8vo. Vinograd, Berlin 538; Vinograd, Gr’a 47.

Berlin: Chevrath Chinuch Ne’arim 1822

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,800

The rare folding plate displays a detailed plan of the Third Temple, with captions in German and Hebrew: "Plan of the Future Temple… copied from the work of the luminary, the outstanding and prominent Torah scholar, teacher of the Diaspora, R. Eliyahu of Vilna.”