Libri Antiguitatum * Queaestionum et solutionum in Genesin * De Essaeis * De Nominibus Hebraicis * De Mundo.

AUCTION 76 |
Thursday, June 14th,
2018 at 3:00 PM
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 236
PHILO JUDAEUS.
Libri Antiguitatum * Queaestionum et solutionum in Genesin * De Essaeis * De Nominibus Hebraicis * De Mundo.
Basle: Adam Petri 1527
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $100
Group of five works by the Jewish philosopher of antiquity, Philo of Alexandria. The most notable text is Queaestionum et solutionum in Genesin - Questions and Answers on Genesis, a work in the form of a Hellenistic commentary, wherein each paragraph is headed by an exegetic question, answered by a short literal and lengthy allegorical explanation. The other works are digests of Philo’s writings.
<<BOUND WITH:>> Sedulius Scotus. In Omnes Epistolas Pauli Collectaneum. <<First Edition.>> Basle, H. Petri, 1527.