Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Sefer Chanukat Habayit – Venice, 1696 – Drawings of the Temple and its Vessels

Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Hanukat Habayit, explanation of the layout and form of the Temple that was destroyed. Rabbi Moshe Chefetz. Venice [1696]. Contains many illustrations of the Temple and its vessels. The book was printed in two stages: The book was printed at first, leaving empty spaces for the illustrations, and later the illustrations were added by imprints from etched copper plates. This copy contains all the illustrations except for the map at the end, Stamps of “Aharon Elnakaveh from Algiers". On the flyleaf before the title page is a later inscription: “I purchased it in 1941 … with G-d’s help I have to reprint it … in Modern Hebrew, Y.Z. Sasson, here Algiers”. [4], 52 leaves, high-quality paper. 20 cm. Good-fair condition, damaged semi-leather binding.
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