[Jerusalem] J. de Prado and J.B. Villalpando. In Ezechielem explanationes

et apparatus urbis ac templi Hierosolymitani. Commentariis et imaginibus illustratus. Rome, A. Zanetti/ S. Marcus, 1596-1605, XV,(4),360,(6),104; (20),655; XVI,573,(1) p., w. the following engravings (mostly inside collation): 3 engr. titles, 1 full-p. and 4 double-p. plates in vol. 1, 15 ills. on 14 (very large) fold. architectural plates and several (double-p.) plates in vol. 2, large fold. plan of Jerusalem and a number of fold. plates and tables in vol. 3, contemp. unif. mottled calf w. gilt and ribbed spines (vol 1-2), contemp. blindst. calf (vol. 3), all vols. w. matching contrast. Mor. letterpieces on spine, folio.

Ex library copy, w. scattered stamps; most of the very large architectural plates in the 2nd vol. w. (large) closed tears and restorations; third vol. waterst.; all vols. with hinges split. Sold w.a.f. Important architectural text in first edition, by two Jesuits from Andalusia. They tried to reconstruct the Temple of Solomon and ancient Jerusalem following the vision of the prophet Ezekiel.