Aruch - Dictionarium Chaldaicum. Translated into Latin by Sebastian Münster.

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

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NATHAN BEN YECHIEL OF ROME.

Aruch - Dictionarium Chaldaicum. Translated into Latin by Sebastian Münster.

<<First Latin edition.>> Elaborate title page after Hans Holbien. pp. (8), 434. Ex-library, lightly browned. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, rubbed. 4to. Vinograd, Basle 27.

Basle: Johann Froben 1527

Est: $700 - $1,000

On the strength of his important contributions as a mediator of Jewish learning to Christian scholars, Münster was elected to the chair of Hebrew at Basel in 1527. When John Calvin came to Basel in 1534, he gave himself to the study of Hebrew under Münster’s guidance.