Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $350

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author

LEON, JACOB JUDAH (TEMPLO).

printer

Marcus Levi

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1650

Description

FIRST HEBREW EDITION.

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 in Jerusalem. The name ‘Templo’ was added to the author’s surname 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. (2), 4-38. Additional Latin title supplied in facsimile. Stained, previous owner’s marks. Modern calf. 4to.

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