Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

LEON, JACOB JUDAH (TEMPLO).

printer

Marcus Levi

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1650

Description

FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Separate Hebrew and Latin titles. Followed by a Hebrew translation of the Privileges granted by the United Dutch Provinces.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 179 (unseen); Fuks, Amsterdam 266 (“there exist different copies with somewhat different contents and foliation”).

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. 38. Leaf 4 is bound before f. 3, previous owners’ marks, slight worming on one leaf, some staining. Later boards. Sm. 4to.

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