Kodesh Hilulim, "Las Alabancas de Santidad, traducion de los Psalmos de David, por la misma Phrasis y palabras del Hebrayco". Book of Tehillim in Hebrew, with Spanish translation and commentary by R. Yaakov Yehudah Leon Templo. Amsterdam: printer not indicated, 1671.
R. Yaakov Yehudah Leon Templo (1603-after 1675), a Portuguese born Amsterdam rabbi, studied in Amsterdam under R. Yitzchak Uziel, rabbi of the Neveh Shalom community. He was known for his pioneering work on the structure of the Temple and for a model of the First Temple he built, which earned his family the name Templo. The present book is his Spanish translation and commentary on Tehillim, which was also highly regarded by scholars and poets of all stripes.
Printed from left to right.
Signature on title page: "Hirschel Lehren" –
R. Tzvi Hirsch Lehren of Amsterdam (1784-1853), founder and head of the Pekidim and Amarkalim society, which coordinated the fundraising for Eretz Israel in Western and Central Europe, and transferred the funds to their destination to benefit the Yishuv in the Holy Land.
Short handwritten inscription on one leaf.
[16] leaves; 458, [6] pages. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Early parchment binding, with defects.
Ex libris label on back binding: "Yaakov Naftali Herz Levi" of Amsterdam. Belonged to collector Naphtali Herz van Biema (see: Catalog der reichhaltigen Sammlung hebräischer und jüdischer Bücher… N. H. van Biema, Amsterdam: Joachimsthal, 1904).
