Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis.

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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LEON, JACOB JUDAH (TEMPLO).

Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis.

<<FIRST HEBREW EDITION.>> Separate Hebrew and Latin titles. Spanish dedication to the Parnassim (governors) of the Sephardic Congregation Talmud Torah of Amsterdam, followed by a Hebrew translation of the Privileges granted by the United Dutch Provinces. ff. 6, 3-38. Slight worming, marginal staining. 18th-century elaborately tooled calf, rubbed. 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 179 (unseen); Fuks, Amsterdam 266.

Amsterdam: Marcus Levi 1650

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

Treatise on the exterior, interior and ritual objects of the Temple of Solomon. The name "Templo" was added to the author’s family name on account of the celebrated copper engravings of Solomon's Temple that Jacob Judah Leon prepared for his scarce work, Retrato del Templo de Selomoh (1642).