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Lot 151:

Die Urim und Thummim‭ ‬‮–‬‭ ‬die Altesten Gemmen‭ - ‬Berlin‭, ‬1824

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Start price: $200

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Study of the jewels in the priestly breastplate and the Urim VeTumim (its esoteric functions), by Johann Joachim Bellermann. Berlin. 1824. 112 pp., [1 illustrated page, 1 foldout page], 21 cm.

The book is written in German with some Hebrew words. On the frontispiece is a stunning illustration of the Kohen Gadol wearing his priestly garments, hand-colored in watercolors. With a large (26 x 40 cm) foldout page, showing a large chart of the twelve stones, with 36 possibilities in different languages. This book is extraordinarily rare.

The book is in good condition.