Lot 171
Adriaan Reland - Study on the Arch of Titus and the Treasures Looted from the Second Temple - Utrecht, 1716 - Engravings
De Spoliis Templi Hierosolymitani in Arcu Titiano Romae conspicuis Liber Singularis, Hadriani Relandi. Utrecht (Trajecti ad Rhenum), 1716. Latin, some Hebrew and Greek.
Study of the treasures looted from the Second Temple in Jerusalem, as they are presented in the "Triumphal Procession" relief on the Arch of Titus in Rome. With eight engraved plates, including folding engraved plate depicting the Arch of Titus and the Temple menorah.
[2] leaves, 138, [26] pp + [7] engraved plates, 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and worming. Inscriptions in pencil on front endpaper and on inner side of front binding. Original leather binding. Defects to binding. Tears to spine.
