De Sepulchris Hebraeorum [of Hebrew Sepulchers: burial practices and locations]

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

NICOLAI, JOHANNES

printer

Henrik Teering

Place

Leiden

Publication

1706

Description

First Edition. Title in red and black inks, includes engraving of cornucopea. Chapter headings illuminated. Numerous engravings and foldouts of Hebrew sepulchers, including tombs of Biblical personalities (e.g Rachel, Samuel, David, and Asael). pp. 239-245 contain transcriptions from German Jewish tombstones of the medieval period and later.

references

Freimann, p. 189

summary

This is an an encyclopedic work on the topic of Hebrew burial practices culled from Jewish and non-Jewish sources. It is interspersed with citations in Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and Greek scripts

Pp. (16), 285, (2). Limp vellum. 4to

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