Jean Cinqarbres (Quinquarboreus). De Re Grammatica Hebraeorum Opus - De notis Hebræorum.

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 78

(GRAMMAR, HEBREW).

Jean Cinqarbres (Quinquarboreus). De Re Grammatica Hebraeorum Opus - De notis Hebræorum.

Two parts in one. Separate title-pages each with woodcut printer’s device. Learned marginalia in beginning of work. pp. 270; 96. Browned and dampstained, fore-edges of few leaves worn. Later limp vellum, worn. 4to.

Paris: Martinum Juvenem 1582

Est: $400 - $600

The author (1514-87) was considered one of the foremost linguists of the 16th century and occupied the chair of Hebrew and Syriac at the Collège de France until his death.