Bidspirit auction | 17th century. Tavnis Heichal with

17th century. Tavnis Heichal with a rare portrait of the author. Amsterdam, 1650. First Edition. Tavnis Heichal on the building of the Beis HaMikdash and its vessels, by Rav Yaakov Yehudah Aryeh Leon Templo. First edition. [2] leaves: Rare portrait of the author, Rav Yaakov Yehudah Aryeh, engraved by Shalom Italia. A Latin inscription surrounds the portrait: “Effigies uiri doctissimi et clarissimi Jacobi Yehudæ Leonis Hebræi autoris Structuræ templi Salomonici facti anno 1641.” Illustrations of the Beis HaMikdash in the bottom margins. Signed in print: Salom tralia sculpsit. Originally issued together with his Portuguese work on the Cherubim: Tratado de los Cherubim, Amsterdam, 1654. See: Mordechai Narkiss, “Yezurato shel Shalom ben rabbi Mordechai Italia, ” Tarbitz, vol. 26, no. 1 (Tishrei 1956), p. 90. Amsterdam, 1650. First edition. [4], 4–38 leaves. 18 cm. Restoration visible at the gutters of the first and last leaves; small hole to the final leaf. Overall fine condition.