Apophthegmata ebraeorum ac Arabum, ex avoth R. Nathan, Aristea, libro selectarum margaritarum, & aliis auctoribus collecta, Latineq́ue reddita, cum brevibus scholiis.

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DRUSIUS ALDENARDENSEM, JOHANNES.

Apophthegmata ebraeorum ac Arabum, ex avoth R. Nathan, Aristea, libro selectarum margaritarum, & aliis auctoribus collecta, Latineq́ue reddita, cum brevibus scholiis.

<<First edition.>> Latin with occasional Greek and Hebrew. pp. (8), 92. Lightly foxed. Paneled and speckled calf, a.e.g. Sm. 4to.

Franeker: Aegidius Radaeus 1612

Est: $400 - $600
Flemish Christian Hebraist Johannes Drusius (or Van den Driessche, 1550-1616), was professor of Oriental languages at the University of Franeker. The follow collection of aphorisms from the Mishnaic sage Avoth R. Nathan, the Greek poet Aristeas and others, is organized into three sections along with their Biblical, Hagiographic and other literary sources.