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PRADUS, Hieronymus (1547-95) & Juan Bautista VILLALPANDO. In Ezechielem explanationes et apparatus urbis, ac templi Hierosolymitani. Rome: Carolus Vulliettus, 1596-1604. 3 volumes, 2° (400 x 265mm). 3 engraved architectural titles, portrait, text printed in double column, 36 engraved plates, plans and tables, most folding or double-page, one illustration in the text, tables, initials and decorations (a few plates neatly repaired, one shaved, occasional light browning and spotting, some marginal worming towards the end of vol.I). Contemporary vellum gilt, gilt cartouches to centre of covers, spines with raised bands and titled in manuscript (lightly rubbed and stained).
Hieronymus Pradus entered the Society of Jesus in 1572 where he taught literature and then filled the chair of scripture at Cordoba for 16 years, during which time he worked on his remarkable In Exechielem explanationes. He died before completing it and the work was taken over by Juan Batista Villalpando, who added the last two volumes. Always valued for its detailed study of Jewish coins, weights and measures, the work is also admired for the care with which the Temple and City of Jerusalem are reconstructed from the limited evidence available, although inevitably a certain amount of conjecture - even fantasy - is involved. Adams P2050; Brunet IV, 852: "Ouvrage savant et enrichi de belles planches." (3)
Hieronymus Pradus entered the Society of Jesus in 1572 where he taught literature and then filled the chair of scripture at Cordoba for 16 years, during which time he worked on his remarkable In Exechielem explanationes. He died before completing it and the work was taken over by Juan Batista Villalpando, who added the last two volumes. Always valued for its detailed study of Jewish coins, weights and measures, the work is also admired for the care with which the Temple and City of Jerusalem are reconstructed from the limited evidence available, although inevitably a certain amount of conjecture - even fantasy - is involved. Adams P2050; Brunet IV, 852: "Ouvrage savant et enrichi de belles planches." (3)
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