Bidspirit auction | BRAUN, JOHANNES.

BRAUN, JOHANNES. - Bigdei Kohanim / id est, Vestitus Sacerdotum Hebraeorum.. Second edition. Two volumes bound in one. With many striking engravings by Bastiaan Stoopendaal. pp. [72], 1-[344], [40] (Index of Vol. I); pp [4], 345-752, [60]. Lightly browned. Contemporary vellum, worn. Thick 4to. Amsterdam: Joannem Wolters, ????1701. An erudite work, which in addition to analyzing the Priestly vestments, examines issues relating to ancient textiles and their manufacture, the procurement of precious stones for the Breast-Plate and the comparative garments of Roman and pagan priesthoods.