Auction 94 · Lot 128
Tavnith HaBayith HaShlishi [on the Prophet Ezekiel’s vision of the future Temple].
- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- $3,800
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.
printer
Chevrath Chinuch Ne’arim
Place
Berlin
Publication
1822
Description
With commentary by the Vilna Gaon to the Book of Yechezkel chaps. 40-47. Fine hand-colored folding plan of the Third Temple lacking in most copies.
references
Vinograd, Berlin 538; Vinograd, Gr’a 47.
summary
The rare folding plate displays a detailed plan of the Third Temple, with captions in German and Hebrew: "Plan of the Future Temple… copied from the work of the luminary, the outstanding and prominent Torah scholar, teacher of the Diaspora, R. Eliyahu of Vilna.”
pp. 24. Contemporary marbled wrappers. 8vo.
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