Auction 18 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Dec 7, 2011 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 39:

Tombs of the Righteous in Eretz Israel - Heidelberg, 1662

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Cippi Hebraici, sive, Hebraeorum, tam veterum, prophetarum, patriarcharum quam recentiorum, Tannaeorum, Amoraeorum, rabbinorum monumenta, Hebraice a Judaeo quodam, teste oculato, tum intra, tum etiam extra Terram Sanctam observata & conscripta /nunc vero Latinitate donata, notisque illustrata, authore Joh. Henrico Hottingero. Heidelberg, 1662. Hebrew, Latin and some Arabic.
A translation into Latin of the book "Yichus Avot" of 1575, by Uri Ben Shimon of Biala. The book deals with tombs of the righteous in Eretz Israel and includes four etching-plates. In one of the plates, tombs and tomb-stones are seen annotated in Hebrew; in the three other plates appear ancient Jewish coins. [26], 188, [8] pp. Fair condition. Detached leaves, stains and several tears. Antique leather binding, worn and torn.

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