Auction 88 - Part II - Unique Items and Early Printed Books

Lot 344

Plan of the Future Temple in Yechezkel, According to the Gaon of Vilna – Berlin, 1822 – Hand-Colored Print

Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium

Plan of the Future Temple in Yechezkel, by the Gaon of Vilna – plate from the book Tavnit HaBayit HaShlishi with the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna, printed in Berlin 1822.
Hand-colored. Four small drawings of fruit trees were added between the walls of the Temple and the Temple Mount walls.
45X38 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains. Tears, including several minor open tears affecting illustration, repaired. Leaf professionally restored with paper.


PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.


Unique Items and Early Printed Books
Unique Items and Early Printed Books