Lot 203
Rabbi Jacob Judah Leon – Book about the Temple – Germany, 1665 – Engravings
De templo Hierosolymitano, tam priori, quod aedificavit Salomo rex, Jacobi Jehudae Leonis. Helmstedt: Jacob Muller, 1665. Latin, some Hebrew.
Bound with: Johannes Schultz, Serpente Aeneo. Helmstedt: Jacob Muller, 1671. Latin and some Hebrew.
Rabbi Jacob Judah Leon's book on the temple, originally written in Spanish and including four engraved plates, as well as a folding engraved plan of the Temple and a folding printed table. Additional engraved title and an engraved portrait of the the author.
Rabbi Jacob Judah Leon Templo (1603-after 1675) was a Jewish scholar in 17th century Amsterdam. Born in Portugal to a family of Jews expelled from Spain. He studied in Amsterdam with the rabbi of the “Neve Shalom” community, Rabbi Yitzhak Uziel. He gained fame for his books on the structure of the temple. Following the success of his books, he created a model of Solomon’s Temple. The model became very famous and earned him the nickname of “Templo” in the European scientific world of the period.
[46], 204; [52] pp, 19 cm. Good condition. Very slight worming to front and inner binding and to first pages. Some stains. Original vellum binding.
