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Jewish printed books  De Spoliis Templi Hierosolymitani in Arcu Titiano by Adrian Reland, Utrecht, 1716

This text was prepared by William Gross:

De Spoliis Templi Hierosolymitani in Arcu Titiano Romae Conspicuis Liber Singularis. Arcum ipsum & spolia templi in eo sculpta tabulae in aes incisae exhibent, Hadriani Relandi. Utrecht, 1716. Latin and some Hebrew and Greek. Utrecht (Trajecti ad Rhenum), 1716.
Study on the treasures looted from the Second Temple in Jerusalem, as they are presented in the "Triumphal Procession" relief on the Arch of Titus in Rome. With eight etching plates, including folding etchings of the Arch of Titus and the Temple menorah. The etchings were made by Jan Goeree, after the works of the Dutch artist Bonaventura van Overbeek.
Hadriani Relandi / Adriaan Reelant (1676-1718) – Dutch geographer, cartographer and philologist, of the first orientalists. Professor of Semitic languages in the University of Utrecht as of 1701 and a teacher of Jewish History.
[4], 138, [26] pp [8] plates