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[SOLOMON’S TEMPLE]. PRADO and HIERONYMOUS and VILLALPANDO, Juan Bautista (1552-1608). Hieronymi Pradi et Ioannis Baptista Villalpandi...in Ezechielem explanationes et apparatus urbis, ac templi Hierosolymitani, commentariis et imaginibus illustratus. Rome: [Zannetti] and Ciacconi, 1596-1605. Elephant folio. 3 volumes of plates bound in one. Approximately 20 ¼ x 15 ½”. Engraved titles, 30 (of 45) full-page, double-page, and large folding engraved plates, including a map, several plates of the Temple and of apparatus. 2 folding letterpress tables of proportion, numismatic tables (including one printed in red and black). Bound to style in early vellum backstrip over later marbled boards (vellum repaired, boards edgeworn, several leaves mounted, some occasional repairs to plates, some soiling). Very good. FIRST EDITION. The grand work on Solomon’s Temple, with highly detailed copper engraved plates. This volume collects only the illustrations from all three volumes issued without any of the printed text commentary sections. Adams P-2050. Not in Harvard/Mortimer Italian.