Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $600
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Destruccio Iherosolime [Destruction of Jerusalem], double incunable leaf (f. LXIIII) from Hartmann Schedel's famed "Schedelsche Weltchronik" (also known as "Liber Chronicarum" or "Nuremberg Chronicle"). [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493]. Latin. One of the first views of Jerusalem ever printed.
A woodcut depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple by Babylonian general Nabuzaradan in the year 586 BCE.
On verso, woodcuts depicting King Zedekiah, blinded and led into Babylonian captivity, and the kings and prophets of Judah: Jeconiah, Zerubbabel, Haggai, Malachi and others.
The "Nuremberg Chronicle" comprised a history of the world from creation up to the author's time, based on the Bible and on various other sources. The book, first printed in Anton Koberger's printing house in Nuremberg in 1493, is considered one of the best-documented incunabula. It was one of the first books to integrate illustrations and text and is famous to this day, mainly for its numerous woodcuts. The woodcuts were provided by the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, one of Nuremberg's leading artists at the time (in whose workshop Albrecht Dürer was apprenticed between 1486-9).
Leaf: approx. 42.5X59 cm. Matted (with adhesive tape to upper edge) and framed. Frame: 74X60 cm. Good condition. Small tears along vertical fold line (reinforced with two strips of paper mounted on verso).
Laor 1125.
A woodcut depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple by Babylonian general Nabuzaradan in the year 586 BCE.
On verso, woodcuts depicting King Zedekiah, blinded and led into Babylonian captivity, and the kings and prophets of Judah: Jeconiah, Zerubbabel, Haggai, Malachi and others.
The "Nuremberg Chronicle" comprised a history of the world from creation up to the author's time, based on the Bible and on various other sources. The book, first printed in Anton Koberger's printing house in Nuremberg in 1493, is considered one of the best-documented incunabula. It was one of the first books to integrate illustrations and text and is famous to this day, mainly for its numerous woodcuts. The woodcuts were provided by the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, one of Nuremberg's leading artists at the time (in whose workshop Albrecht Dürer was apprenticed between 1486-9).
Leaf: approx. 42.5X59 cm. Matted (with adhesive tape to upper edge) and framed. Frame: 74X60 cm. Good condition. Small tears along vertical fold line (reinforced with two strips of paper mounted on verso).
Laor 1125.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,000
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Hierosolyma, Clarissima Totius Orientis Civitas. Hand-colored engraving from "Civitates Orbis Terrarium" by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg. [Köln, 1572].
Two maps of Jerusalem on the same sheet, one of the ancient city and one of the modern city. Both maps were modeled after the maps of Peter Laicstein, a Dutch geographer and astronomer who visited Palestine in 1556. Three inset keys of the various sites appearing in the maps; inset illustration of Moses on Mount Sinai and Aaron in his priestly vestments.
Leaf: 40X52.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Pieces of paper glued to margins of leaf, on verso. Framed.
Literature: Image and Reality, by Rehav Rubin. Jerusalem: Magnes, 1999. pp. 135-136.
Laor 1039.
Two maps of Jerusalem on the same sheet, one of the ancient city and one of the modern city. Both maps were modeled after the maps of Peter Laicstein, a Dutch geographer and astronomer who visited Palestine in 1556. Three inset keys of the various sites appearing in the maps; inset illustration of Moses on Mount Sinai and Aaron in his priestly vestments.
Leaf: 40X52.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Pieces of paper glued to margins of leaf, on verso. Framed.
Literature: Image and Reality, by Rehav Rubin. Jerusalem: Magnes, 1999. pp. 135-136.
Laor 1039.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $400
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Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totiusque Orientis Longe Clarissima, qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aevo conspicua est [Holy City of Jerusalem, by far the most famous city of Judah and the entire Orient…]. A hand-colored engraving from the Atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" by Georg Braun and engraver Franz Hogenberg. [Köln, 1575]. Latin.
A bird's eye view of Jerusalem from the east. The map was intended to be a realistic representation of the city (unlike imaginary maps depicting Jerusalem in ancient times), but follows some contradictory conventions, such as depicting the southern front of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher although generally portraying the city from the east. Inset key listing 48 sites in Jerusalem and its surroundings. Top verse from the book of Ezekiel (Latin): "This is Jerusalem, I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries are round about her".
Five figures in oriental dress are seen in the foreground of the map. Numerous maps in "Civitates Orbis Terarrum" depict figures in local attire. As stated in the introduction by editor Georg Braun, this was meant to prevent the Turks from obtaining military secrets from the atlas, "as their religion forbids them from looking at representations of the human form".
Latin text on verso: "Hierosolyma".
Leaf: approx. 41.5X54.5 cm (two conjoined sheets). Matted (with strips of tape to upper edge). Good-fair condition. Browned. Several small holes and small tears (slightly affecting the engraving).
Literature: Jerusalem in Braun & Hogenberg Civitates, by Rehav Rubin. The Cartographic Journal, 1996. pp. 119-129.
Laor 1040.
A bird's eye view of Jerusalem from the east. The map was intended to be a realistic representation of the city (unlike imaginary maps depicting Jerusalem in ancient times), but follows some contradictory conventions, such as depicting the southern front of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher although generally portraying the city from the east. Inset key listing 48 sites in Jerusalem and its surroundings. Top verse from the book of Ezekiel (Latin): "This is Jerusalem, I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries are round about her".
Five figures in oriental dress are seen in the foreground of the map. Numerous maps in "Civitates Orbis Terarrum" depict figures in local attire. As stated in the introduction by editor Georg Braun, this was meant to prevent the Turks from obtaining military secrets from the atlas, "as their religion forbids them from looking at representations of the human form".
Latin text on verso: "Hierosolyma".
Leaf: approx. 41.5X54.5 cm (two conjoined sheets). Matted (with strips of tape to upper edge). Good-fair condition. Browned. Several small holes and small tears (slightly affecting the engraving).
Literature: Jerusalem in Braun & Hogenberg Civitates, by Rehav Rubin. The Cartographic Journal, 1996. pp. 119-129.
Laor 1040.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,375
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Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi florui [Jerusalem and Its Surroundings in the Days of Jesus], map of Jerusalem by Christian van Adrichom. Hand-colored engraving. [Ca. 1584 to 1628].
An imaginary map of Jerusalem and its surroundings, depicting 270 (numbered) sites and scenes, from the time of Kings David and Solomon and up to the Crucifixion of Jesus, mentioned in the Bible and in other sources. The map was first printed in 1584 and added to a booklet titled "Jerusalem… et suburbanorum… brevis description", which described the 270 sites and events depicted by it. Since 1590, the map was added to the various editions of "Theatrum Terrae Sanctae" by Christian van Adrichom.
No text on verso.
Map: 74X50.5 cm (printed on two conjoined sheets). Good condition. Fold lines. Some stains and minor blemishes.
Laor 934.
See following item.
An imaginary map of Jerusalem and its surroundings, depicting 270 (numbered) sites and scenes, from the time of Kings David and Solomon and up to the Crucifixion of Jesus, mentioned in the Bible and in other sources. The map was first printed in 1584 and added to a booklet titled "Jerusalem… et suburbanorum… brevis description", which described the 270 sites and events depicted by it. Since 1590, the map was added to the various editions of "Theatrum Terrae Sanctae" by Christian van Adrichom.
No text on verso.
Map: 74X50.5 cm (printed on two conjoined sheets). Good condition. Fold lines. Some stains and minor blemishes.
Laor 934.
See following item.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,188
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Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi florui [Jerusalem and Its Surroundings in the Days of Jesus], hand-colored engraving, from the German edition of the Atlas "Beschreibung und Contrafactur der vornembsten Stät der Welt" by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg. [Köln, 1590].
An imaginary map of Jerusalem and its surroundings, depicting 270 (numbered) sites and scenes, from the time of Kings David and Solomon and up to the Crucifixion of Jesus, mentioned in the Bible and in other sources. After Christian van Adrichom's 1584 map of Jerusalem. Unlike Adrichom's landscape format map, which was oriented to the east, this map was printed in portrait format and is oriented to the north.
German text on verso: "Jerusalem. Von Michael Eyzinger baschrieben und illustriert".
Engraved map: 72X47.5 cm (printed on two conjoined sheets, pp. 58-59). Good overall condition. Tears (some open) and minor blemishes, mostly restored. Handwritten notations to margins (old; not affecting engraving).
Laor 1041A.
See previous item.
An imaginary map of Jerusalem and its surroundings, depicting 270 (numbered) sites and scenes, from the time of Kings David and Solomon and up to the Crucifixion of Jesus, mentioned in the Bible and in other sources. After Christian van Adrichom's 1584 map of Jerusalem. Unlike Adrichom's landscape format map, which was oriented to the east, this map was printed in portrait format and is oriented to the north.
German text on verso: "Jerusalem. Von Michael Eyzinger baschrieben und illustriert".
Engraved map: 72X47.5 cm (printed on two conjoined sheets, pp. 58-59). Good overall condition. Tears (some open) and minor blemishes, mostly restored. Handwritten notations to margins (old; not affecting engraving).
Laor 1041A.
See previous item.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Hierosolyma Urbs sancta Iudeae, totiusque orientis longe' clarissima, qua amplitudine, ac magnificentia hoc nostro auo conspicua est [Holy City of Jerusalem, by far the most famous city of Judah and the entire Orient…], an engraving from one of the editions of "Histoire des chevaliers de l'Ordre de S. Jean de Jérusalem…" by Pierre de Boissat. [17th century]. French and some Latin.
A bird's eye view of Jerusalem seen from the east. At the top: a verse from Ezekiel (5:5): "This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her" (Latin). A detailed key with 48 names of sites in Jerusalem is printed under the map.
Leaf: 33X23 cm. Matted. Good condition. Minor creases. Minor stains to verso. Tears and minor worming to margins of leaf (not affecting the map).
See Laor 1040.
A bird's eye view of Jerusalem seen from the east. At the top: a verse from Ezekiel (5:5): "This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her" (Latin). A detailed key with 48 names of sites in Jerusalem is printed under the map.
Leaf: 33X23 cm. Matted. Good condition. Minor creases. Minor stains to verso. Tears and minor worming to margins of leaf (not affecting the map).
See Laor 1040.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,250
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An exact Draught of the City of Jerusalem and the Apurtenances Belonging to the Temple, with the Genealogy of Jesus Christ... faithfully Collected out of the Holy Scriptures. Hand-colored engraving. London: I. Evans, April 29, 1795.
Bird's eye view of Jerusalem and its surroundings. An imaginary representation of the Old City of Jerusalem – the city is fortified by gates, bridges and towers and is surrounded by a moat. Solomon's Temple is positioned in the center, depicted as a fortress. Castles, fountains, gardens, animals and streams are seen inside the city. Surrounding the city are miniature illustrations of Biblical sites, figures and events.
The various sites and structures are captioned, with references to biblical verses. Printed beneath the map is a key to 25 sites marked on the map by numbers.
On the right and left of the map are twelve illustrations – the vessels of the Temple (the Ark of the Covenant, the inner sanctum, the altar, the showbread, the Menorah), the building of the Tower of Babel, Moses and Aaron with the tablets of the law, the breach of the walls of Jerusalem and the burning of the temple.
The map was drawn after a map of Jerusalem published by Robert Sayer, London 1770 (Laor 1122).
Leaf: approx. 104X67 cm (two conjoined sheets). Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Tiny holes. Minor blemishes to margins. A tear to margin, reinforced with tape. Uneven edges.
Bird's eye view of Jerusalem and its surroundings. An imaginary representation of the Old City of Jerusalem – the city is fortified by gates, bridges and towers and is surrounded by a moat. Solomon's Temple is positioned in the center, depicted as a fortress. Castles, fountains, gardens, animals and streams are seen inside the city. Surrounding the city are miniature illustrations of Biblical sites, figures and events.
The various sites and structures are captioned, with references to biblical verses. Printed beneath the map is a key to 25 sites marked on the map by numbers.
On the right and left of the map are twelve illustrations – the vessels of the Temple (the Ark of the Covenant, the inner sanctum, the altar, the showbread, the Menorah), the building of the Tower of Babel, Moses and Aaron with the tablets of the law, the breach of the walls of Jerusalem and the burning of the temple.
The map was drawn after a map of Jerusalem published by Robert Sayer, London 1770 (Laor 1122).
Leaf: approx. 104X67 cm (two conjoined sheets). Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Tiny holes. Minor blemishes to margins. A tear to margin, reinforced with tape. Uneven edges.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,000
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Montis Domini Totiusq. Sacri Templi Exemplum ex Antiquis Descriptionibus a Bened, hand-colored engraving after Benito Arias Montano. Antwerp: Christophorus Plantinus [Christophe Plantin], 1576.
A view of the First Temple. The Heichal (Temple chamber), depicted as a six-tiered bell tower, is surrounded by four inner walls and a large external wall. Small figures and animals are depicted in the yards between the walls, with mountain peaks and other structures seen in the background. A couple of pyramids are seen on the farthest mountain. A key of the sites marked on the map is printed on the right margin.
This view of the Temple was first printed in the Biblia Polyglotta edited by Spanish orientalist Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598), published between 1568 and 1573.
Leaf: approx. 55X40.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains to margins. Minor creases. Small tears along vertical fold line (slightly affecting the engraving), repaired with strips of paper to verso. Uneven edges. The leaf is matted with strips of tape to edge.
A view of the First Temple. The Heichal (Temple chamber), depicted as a six-tiered bell tower, is surrounded by four inner walls and a large external wall. Small figures and animals are depicted in the yards between the walls, with mountain peaks and other structures seen in the background. A couple of pyramids are seen on the farthest mountain. A key of the sites marked on the map is printed on the right margin.
This view of the Temple was first printed in the Biblia Polyglotta edited by Spanish orientalist Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598), published between 1568 and 1573.
Leaf: approx. 55X40.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains to margins. Minor creases. Small tears along vertical fold line (slightly affecting the engraving), repaired with strips of paper to verso. Uneven edges. The leaf is matted with strips of tape to edge.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
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Orbis Miraculum, or The Temple of Solomon, Pourtrayed by Scripture-Light, [by Samuel Lee]. London: John Streater for Giles Calvert, 1659. English.
A work discussing Solomon's Temple by Samuel Lee (1625-1691), an English Puritan minister and academic. Eleven in-text engravings, including a plan of the Temple, illustrations of the Temple's vessels (the Ark of the Covenant, the Table of the Showbread, the Golden Altar and more) and an illustration of the Molten Sea (a large basin that was placed in the court of the Temple). In addition, the book contains two engraved plates – an engraved title page and an engraving depicting the High Priest in his splendid vestments (an additional engraving depicting the Temple is missing).
[6] leaves, 371 pp (i.e. 365. Mispaginated), [4] leaves + [2] engraved plates. One engraved plate (view of the Temple) is missing. 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several tears. One leaf partly detached. The first two leaves (the title page and the engraved title page) stained and trimmed at margins (with damage to the engraving); both leaves repaired with strips of paper glued to margins. Ownership inscriptions to front endpaper and title page (18th century). Front endpaper restored with paper. Half-vellum binding.
A work discussing Solomon's Temple by Samuel Lee (1625-1691), an English Puritan minister and academic. Eleven in-text engravings, including a plan of the Temple, illustrations of the Temple's vessels (the Ark of the Covenant, the Table of the Showbread, the Golden Altar and more) and an illustration of the Molten Sea (a large basin that was placed in the court of the Temple). In addition, the book contains two engraved plates – an engraved title page and an engraving depicting the High Priest in his splendid vestments (an additional engraving depicting the Temple is missing).
[6] leaves, 371 pp (i.e. 365. Mispaginated), [4] leaves + [2] engraved plates. One engraved plate (view of the Temple) is missing. 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several tears. One leaf partly detached. The first two leaves (the title page and the engraved title page) stained and trimmed at margins (with damage to the engraving); both leaves repaired with strips of paper glued to margins. Ownership inscriptions to front endpaper and title page (18th century). Front endpaper restored with paper. Half-vellum binding.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $625
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De Tabernaculo foederis, de sancta civitate Jerusalem, et de Templo ejus [The Ark of the Covenant, Holy Jerusalem and the Temple], by Bernard Lamy. Paris: Joannem Mariette (Jean Mariette), 1720. Latin.
An important study by mathematician, philosopher and Oratorian Bernard Lamy (1640-1715), attempting to scientifically reconstruct the design of the Temple and its vessels based on a variety of sources (the Bible, Maimonides, Josephus Flavius and others). With engraved plates after Ferdinand Delamonce (some double-spread or folding): The Temple, its vessels, the Temple Mount, a map of Jerusalem, the priests' vestments, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and more.
[15] leaves, 1361 columns, [29] leaves + [20] engraved plates (some of them double-spread or folding). Approx. 39 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Tears, some reinforced with tape, to engraved plates and several leaves. Elegant vellum binding, embossed, slightly damaged and stained.
An important study by mathematician, philosopher and Oratorian Bernard Lamy (1640-1715), attempting to scientifically reconstruct the design of the Temple and its vessels based on a variety of sources (the Bible, Maimonides, Josephus Flavius and others). With engraved plates after Ferdinand Delamonce (some double-spread or folding): The Temple, its vessels, the Temple Mount, a map of Jerusalem, the priests' vestments, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and more.
[15] leaves, 1361 columns, [29] leaves + [20] engraved plates (some of them double-spread or folding). Approx. 39 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Tears, some reinforced with tape, to engraved plates and several leaves. Elegant vellum binding, embossed, slightly damaged and stained.
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Jerusalem and the Temple – Maps and Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
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Figure de la Biblia, illustrate de stanze tuscane, by Gabriel Symeoni. Lyon (France): Gulielmo Rouillio, 1565. Italian.
"Figures of the Bible", more than 250 woodcuts depicting biblical scenes as well as Solomon's Temple and its vessels, executed by French artist Pierre Eskrich. Accompanied by rhymed explanatory passages by Italian humanist, poet and translator Gabriele Simeoni (1509-1575).
• Bound with an additional volume printed at the same printing house in 1570:
Figura de Nuovo Testamento, Illustrate de versi vulgari Italiani – woodcuts illustrating the New Testament.
[147] leaves; [83] leaves (missing one leaf), 14.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Open tears to margins of title page, affecting text (the leaf is restored with paper). Handwritten notation to last page. Vellum binding, slightly damaged.
"Figures of the Bible", more than 250 woodcuts depicting biblical scenes as well as Solomon's Temple and its vessels, executed by French artist Pierre Eskrich. Accompanied by rhymed explanatory passages by Italian humanist, poet and translator Gabriele Simeoni (1509-1575).
• Bound with an additional volume printed at the same printing house in 1570:
Figura de Nuovo Testamento, Illustrate de versi vulgari Italiani – woodcuts illustrating the New Testament.
[147] leaves; [83] leaves (missing one leaf), 14.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Open tears to margins of title page, affecting text (the leaf is restored with paper). Handwritten notation to last page. Vellum binding, slightly damaged.
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Bibles and Biblical Prints
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Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
May 5, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
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Figurae et Imagines Bibliorum, album of biblical etchings. Köln: Johann Bussemacher, [ca. 1600?].
Album of etchings published by German engraver and publisher Johann Bussemacher. 33 etchings (out of 40?), depicting scenes from the book of Genesis – the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, the war of the four kings with the five kings, Jacob's Ladder and more. The etchings are attributed to artist Symon Novelanus.
The album is incomplete and contains etchings nos. 1-9, 11-24, 27, 29, 31 and 32 (numbered in the plate) and six unnumbered etchings. Album: 26X33.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases and several tears (slightly affecting prints). Restored tears to first page. Minor worming to bottom margins of all leaves. One leaf trimmed at bottom margin. Ink notations to verso of one leaf and to inside front board. Bookplate to inside front board. Leather-covered binding, worn.
Album of etchings published by German engraver and publisher Johann Bussemacher. 33 etchings (out of 40?), depicting scenes from the book of Genesis – the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, the war of the four kings with the five kings, Jacob's Ladder and more. The etchings are attributed to artist Symon Novelanus.
The album is incomplete and contains etchings nos. 1-9, 11-24, 27, 29, 31 and 32 (numbered in the plate) and six unnumbered etchings. Album: 26X33.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases and several tears (slightly affecting prints). Restored tears to first page. Minor worming to bottom margins of all leaves. One leaf trimmed at bottom margin. Ink notations to verso of one leaf and to inside front board. Bookplate to inside front board. Leather-covered binding, worn.
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Bibles and Biblical Prints
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