Auction 6
Lot 095:
The book of “Dedicating the Temple” “Noting the shapes and formats of the Temple destroyed according to his laws and decrees…in the issues that need elaboration there will be for them a Holy Temple that will return their souls,” with the addition “the character of the forms of the Temple itself, from all its parts” and at the end a diagram with the format of the Temple, by the Rav Moshe Ben Gershom Hafetz. Throughout the book are many charts to illustrate the shape of the Temple and the tools of the Temple. Signatures of ownership and handwritten notes in a number of places, on the last page is a handwritten poem in ancient Latin script “There is bitter wailing…” most likely about the destruction of the Holy Temple. Venice, 1696. (4) 52 pages. Original binding with a red leather spine. Thick pages, moth damage and stains. Rare book.
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