In Ezechielem explanationes et apparatus urbis, ac templi heirosolymitani. Rome: Carolus Vuilliettus, 1596-[1605].
3 volumes. Folio (414 x 260 mm). [Hebrew]¹⁰ A-Z, Aa-Ee⁶ Ff⁴(-Ff4, blank?) †² A-H⁶ I⁴; †⁶ ††⁴ a-f⁶ g⁸ 14 folding plates, n-Z Aa-Ee⁶ Ff⁸ Gg⁴⁺¹ Hh-Ll⁶ Mm⁶⁺² Nn-Zz, Aaa-Hhh⁶; †⁸ A-E⁶ F⁴ G-V⁶ X-Y⁴ Z⁶ Aa-Ee⁶ Ee⁴ Ff-Mm⁶ Nn⁴ Oo² [2 folding leaves] Pp-Tt⁶ Vu⁴ Xx⁶ Yy⁸ Zz, Aaa-Eee [folding leaves] Fff-Iii⁶ Kkk⁴(-blank Kkk4).Engraved titles, 28 plates, many of which are folding, 8 folding tables, one of which in red and black, woodcuts in the text. Early vellum, green and tan leather gilt-lettered spine labels. Some brief repairs to a few leaves and plates, a few instances of dampstain, later endpapers, minor shelfwear, head and tail of second volume rubbed.

FIRST EDITION. Villalpando continued the work of Jesuit scholar Prado in this ambitious and beautifully illustrated study that attempts to reconstruct the Temple of Solomon and ancient Jerusalem based upon the vision of the prophet Ezekiel. The material on Jewish coins and weights and measure has been of considerable interest. Adams 2050.