(Moses ben Gershon Gentili). Chanukath Ha’bayith [treatise on the building of the Second Temple]

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

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Lot 138

CHEFETZ, MOSES.

(Moses ben Gershon Gentili). Chanukath Ha’bayith [treatise on the building of the Second Temple]

FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut decorative oval cartouche. Numerous engraved illustrations of the Temple. ADDITIONAL FOLD-OUT MAP OF THE TEMPLE IDENTIFYING FIFTY-EIGHT COMPONENTS OF THE TEMPLE’S STRUCTURE. Map unrecorded by Vinograd ff. (4),52. Few light stains in places, clean tear on fold-out leaf. Modern boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Venice 1483

Venice: Bragadin 1696

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,750

Moses Chefetz was a child prodigy. He developed into a fine Rabbinic decisor as well as a scholar familiar with the disciplines of mathematics and the sciences. Studies concerning the Temple in Jerusalem demand visual presentation, for the architecture and the Temple vessels are so very pertinant to the laws. The numerous engraved architectural illustrations and the fold-out map were added after the printing. A copy containing both is rare. See A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) p.88 (illustrated)