Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

LEON, JACOB JUDAH (TEMPLO).

printer

Marcus Levi

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1650

Description

FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Separate Hebrew and Latin titles. Spanish dedication to the Parnassim of the Sephardic Congregation Talmud Torah of Amsterdam, followed by a Hebrew translation of the Privileges granted by the United Dutch Provinces. Numerous previous owner’s marks, including various members of the Belmonte Family.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 179 (unseen); Fuks, Amsterdam 266.

summary

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).

ff. 6, (1), 4-38. Ex-library, some staining. Contemporary calf, worn, spine taped. Sm. 4to.

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