<<Samuel Pike.>> A Compendious Hebrew Lexicon. Adapted to the English Language.

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

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

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Lot 107

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)

<<Samuel Pike.>> A Compendious Hebrew Lexicon. Adapted to the English Language.

<<First edition.>> Solis-Cohen and other signatures. Marginal notes. pp. viii, 187. Foxed with few stains, some offsetting. Contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed. 8vo. Rosenbach 125; Shaw & Shoemaker 2899.

Cambridge: (Hillard and Metcalf) 1802

Est: $600 - $900

<<First edition of the first Hebrew lexicon printed in America.>> In the 16th century, Hebrew lexicons became important to Protestantism through its emphasis on Biblical study in the original languages. Pike’s Hebrew lexicon was first printed in England in 1766, leading to the printing of the first American edition at Harvard in 1802. Even more than Oxford or Cambridge, Harvard placed great emphasis on Hebrew.