First editions of three works by Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), a geographer, cartographer, philologist and early European Orientalist. Professor of Oriental languages at Utrecht University from 1701 and lecturer on Jewish antiquities.

1-2. Two works by Adriaan Reland in one volume: Dissertatio de Inscriptione Nummorum quorundam Samaritanorum. Amsterdam: Franciscum Halma, 1702. Bound with: Dissertatio altera de inscriptione nummorum quorundam Samaritanorum. [Utrecht]: Thomas Appels, 1704. Latin, some Hebrew and Greek.

Two essays on ancient Hebrew numismatics, demonstrating that coins which had been misattributed to the Samaritans were in fact Jewish, dating to the Great Revolt and Bar Kochva revolt.

60 pages + [1] engraved plate (at beginning of volume); 119, [9] pages + [3] plates. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Open tear to front endpaper. Inscriptions. Bookplate. Original parchment binding, stained and worn.

3. De Spoliis Templi Hierosolymitani in Arcu Titiano Romae conspicuis Liber Singularis, by Adriaan Reland. Utrecht: Guilelmi Broedelet, 1716. Latin, with some Hebrew and Greek.

A study on the despoiled Temple vessels brought to Rome. With seven engraved plates depicting the Arch of Titus and the Temple menorah.

[2] leaves, 138, [26] pages + [7] engraved plates. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Inscriptions and signatures. Bookplate. Original parchment binding, with light wear and defects.