Sepher Masoreth Ha’masoroth * Sepher Tuv Ta’am [on cantilation points and grammatical accents]

AUCTION 12 | Tuesday, March 13th, 2001 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 181
LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR

Sepher Masoreth Ha’masoroth * Sepher Tuv Ta’am [on cantilation points and grammatical accents]

Second edition.Two works in one. Divisional title. Printer’s device at end of second work. (Misbound at beginning) ff. (128); (54) f. 54 misbound at front. Lightly browned, marginalia. Recent boards. 12mo Vinograd, Basle 56; Mehlman 1864; Prijs 58; Adams E-110-11

Basle: Henricus Petri 1539

Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $750
These two works are often found with an abridged Latin text prepared by Sebastian Münster. It is unclear to bibliographers whether the three works were originally assembled together. Yudlov explains that the Latin version did appear on its own. It is likely therefore three variants exist: Hebrew alone, Latin alone and a compendium with both the Latin and Hebrew works bound together. This copy with marginalia containing critical comments in an early 19th century Aschkenazic hand signed with the initials Beth-Teth. The writer enthusiastically repudiates the author’s opinion and defends the antiquity of the Nekudoth.