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The Form of the Temple: Chanukat HaBayit by Rabbi Moshe Chefetz. Venice, [1696] - First edition. Complete copy with the folding map. With numerous illustrations of the Temple’s structure and its vessels and a large folding map of the Temple’s structure.  Chacham Moshe Chefetz was born in 1663 in Trieste, Italy. He studied under the sages of Venice, including Chacham Shlomo ben Yeshaya Nitza. Was a Talmid Chacham who was proficient in philosophy and nature as well as music. In 1678, the Bible was printed in Venice. Printed on its first page was a poem by Chacham Moshe Chefetz. The book Machbarot Emanuel by Chacham Emanuel ben Shlomo of Rome, which was hand-copied in the same time in Venice, included a short commentary by Chacham Moshe Chefetz on the poem 'לשוד ולרש ילעג ישחק'. In (1699) he published his book Chanukat HaBayit - the form of the Temple, in Venice.  In (1699) his son, Gershom, passed away during a plague. In that year, Chacham Moshe Chefetz published his son's book Yad Charuzim which inlcuded a eulogy by his Rav, Chacham Shlomo NItza, for his son, Gershom Chefetz.  In (1710) he published in Venice his book Melechet Machshevet - on the Torah, which had many following editions. Chacham Moshe Chefetz passed away in 1711, when he was only 48 years old. The book was printed in two stages. Initially, the text of the book was printed with blank pages left for the illustrations. These were later added by embossing. Venice, 1696. First edition. [4], 52, [2] folding map. 21 cm. Good condition. In the first and last leaves, old filling of wormholes. The map too has a restoration and filling. Modern leather binding.