Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art

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LEON, JACOB JUDAH (TEMPLO).

Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis.

<<FIRST HEBREW EDITION.>> Separate Hebrew and Latin titles. Followed by a Hebrew translation of the Privileges granted by the United Dutch Provinces. ff. 38. Leaf 4 is bound before f. 3, previous owners’ marks, slight worming on one leaf, some staining. Later boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 179 (unseen); Fuks, Amsterdam 266 (“there exist different copies with somewhat different contents and foliation”).

Amsterdam: Marcus Levi 1650

Est: $500 - $700

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).