First two Latin editions of the book Yichus HaAvot, composed in Hebrew in the late 15th century:
1. Cippi Hebraici…, translated to Latin by Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Heidelberg: Samuelis Broun, 1659. First edition. Incomplete copy, lacking half of one engraving.
[36] leaves, 159, [9] pages + [2] engraved plates. Incomplete copy – one engraving lacking right half. 13 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and wear. Parchment binding. Wear and stains to binding. Labels remnants on spine.

2. Cippi Hebraici…, translated to Latin by Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Heidelberg: Samuelis Broun, 1662.
[13] leaves, 188, [4] leaves + [4] engraved plates (three double plates). Approx. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor defects. Marginal tears and open tears to a few leaves. Tiny wormholes. Several inscriptions. Leather binding, damaged, partially restored.

Yichus HaAvot describes in detail the holy sites and graves of Tzadikim in Eretz Israel. It includes the main part of the medieval tradition of holy sites, shortly before the time of the Arizal. The work was supposedly composed in Eretz Israel in Hebrew in the late 15th century, and presumably first printed in Venice in the last decades of the 16th century (no extant copies of the first printed edition). These are the first two Latin editions, comprising the original Hebrew text with the Latin text, translated by the Swiss Hebraist Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620-1667).
See: Elchanan Reiner, Traditions of Holy Places in Medieval Palestine – Oral versus Written (in: Offerings from Jerusalem; Portrayals of Holy Places by Jewish Artists. Israel Museum, 2002, pp. 14-15).

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.195, NHB.432.