Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie (Universal History) – Part Nine, Jewish History – Maps of Jerusalem, Palestine and Other Engravings – Halle, 1750
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Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie ]Translation of Universal History[, part IX. Translation and commentary by Siegmund Jacob Baumgarten. Halle: Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1750. German.
Ninth part of the monumental series "Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie" (Translation of Universal History) – discussing Jewish history, from the times of Judah the Maccabean until the conquest of Judah by the Romans. The book includes an engraved title page and five folding engraved plates: three maps – Persia and the Euphrates, Palestine and Jerusalem, engraving depicting the Temple courtyard on Sukkot and an engraving depicting the Temple, temple utensils and High Priest. Several illuminated initials and vignettes.
The compete series is a German translation of the English "An Universal History From the Earliest Account of Time to the Present". The first 17 volumes were translated and annotated by the German theologian, Siegmund Baumgarten, and the rest of the volumes by his disciple Johann Salomo Semler and other scholars.
11, [1], 746 pp. + [6] engravings, approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor worming to endpapers. Leather covered boards, with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear and blemishes to binding.
Ninth part of the monumental series "Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie" (Translation of Universal History) – discussing Jewish history, from the times of Judah the Maccabean until the conquest of Judah by the Romans. The book includes an engraved title page and five folding engraved plates: three maps – Persia and the Euphrates, Palestine and Jerusalem, engraving depicting the Temple courtyard on Sukkot and an engraving depicting the Temple, temple utensils and High Priest. Several illuminated initials and vignettes.
The compete series is a German translation of the English "An Universal History From the Earliest Account of Time to the Present". The first 17 volumes were translated and annotated by the German theologian, Siegmund Baumgarten, and the rest of the volumes by his disciple Johann Salomo Semler and other scholars.
11, [1], 746 pp. + [6] engravings, approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor worming to endpapers. Leather covered boards, with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear and blemishes to binding.
Maps, Travelogues and Studies on Palestine – Engravings
Maps, Travelogues and Studies on Palestine – Engravings