Maphte’ach Lashon Hakodesh - That is the Key of the Holy Tongue

AUCTION 5 |
Tuesday, June 23rd,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 277
UDALL (Uvedale), JOHN
Maphte’ach Lashon Hakodesh - That is the Key of the Holy Tongue
Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius 1593
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
The first Hebrew Grammar printed in the English language. Based on the Latin grammar prepared by Petrus Martinius. Udall’s valuable work was posthumously published by Raphelengius, son-in-law of the great Antwerp printer, Christopher Plantin. “Far into the eighteenth century the language in which...Hebrew manuals were produced was Latin. [Udall’s work is the] only extant example of a Hebrew grammar written in English from the whole of the Tudor period.” G. Lloyd Jones, The Discovery of Hebrew in Tudor England (1983) p.257