Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Collection of Prints - Plans of the First, Second and Third Temple - By the Kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Edrehi and Others
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Collection of printed plans of the Temple, ranging from Solomon's Temple until the Third Temple depicted according to the prophecy of Yechezkel.
1. The Building of the Third Temple according to the Prophecy of Ezekiel, compiled by Rev. Dr. M. Edrehi. London, 1836.
Plan of the Third Temple according to the description in the Book of Yechezkel, chapters 40-46 - engraving based on a plan compiled by the scholar and kabbalist R. Moshe Edrehi (the second; 1775-1842). Wondrous figure of a Torah scholar and kabbalist, a revered man of science, explorer and translator. Born in Agadir, Morocco, he was one of the scholars of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Shaar HaShamayim Sephardi community in London, and subsequently of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Sephardi community in Amsterdam. He authored Yad Moshe - sermons, Torat Chaim - a Tikkun for the Thursday nights of the Shovavim period, according to the rite of Maghrebi Jewry, and Maaseh Nissim - regarding the Ten Tribes and the Sambatyon river. In 1837, he set out for Eretz Israel, travelling through France, Italy and Turkey. In Izmir, his writings were destroyed in a fire. He reached Eretz Israel only in 1841, and passed away in Jerusalem in 1842.
33X42.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Stains. Creases.
2. A Plan of the Temple of Jerusalem, Built by King Solomon. Engraving by Emanuel Bowen. [From An Universal History from Earliest Account of Time to the Present. London, ca. 1747].
Schematic plan of Solomon's Temple, with a legend listing the various sections of the temple.
45X43.5 cm. Good condition.
3. Two printed leaves from tractate Middot, Babylonian Talmud [Frankfurt am Main?, 1720?], with woodcut schematic plans: "Plans relating to the Rambam commentary on tractate Middot" and "Plan of the Second Temple" - drawn by R. Yehonatan son of Yosef of Ruzhany (this schematic plan was first printed in the Frankfurt am Main 1720-1722 edition of the Babylonian Talmud, and was incorporated in many subsequent Talmud editions).
32X20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor damage.
1. The Building of the Third Temple according to the Prophecy of Ezekiel, compiled by Rev. Dr. M. Edrehi. London, 1836.
Plan of the Third Temple according to the description in the Book of Yechezkel, chapters 40-46 - engraving based on a plan compiled by the scholar and kabbalist R. Moshe Edrehi (the second; 1775-1842). Wondrous figure of a Torah scholar and kabbalist, a revered man of science, explorer and translator. Born in Agadir, Morocco, he was one of the scholars of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Shaar HaShamayim Sephardi community in London, and subsequently of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Sephardi community in Amsterdam. He authored Yad Moshe - sermons, Torat Chaim - a Tikkun for the Thursday nights of the Shovavim period, according to the rite of Maghrebi Jewry, and Maaseh Nissim - regarding the Ten Tribes and the Sambatyon river. In 1837, he set out for Eretz Israel, travelling through France, Italy and Turkey. In Izmir, his writings were destroyed in a fire. He reached Eretz Israel only in 1841, and passed away in Jerusalem in 1842.
33X42.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Stains. Creases.
2. A Plan of the Temple of Jerusalem, Built by King Solomon. Engraving by Emanuel Bowen. [From An Universal History from Earliest Account of Time to the Present. London, ca. 1747].
Schematic plan of Solomon's Temple, with a legend listing the various sections of the temple.
45X43.5 cm. Good condition.
3. Two printed leaves from tractate Middot, Babylonian Talmud [Frankfurt am Main?, 1720?], with woodcut schematic plans: "Plans relating to the Rambam commentary on tractate Middot" and "Plan of the Second Temple" - drawn by R. Yehonatan son of Yosef of Ruzhany (this schematic plan was first printed in the Frankfurt am Main 1720-1722 edition of the Babylonian Talmud, and was incorporated in many subsequent Talmud editions).
32X20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor damage.
The Tabernacle and Its Furnishings - Models and Prints
The Tabernacle and Its Furnishings - Models and Prints