Grammatica Chaldaea et Syra.

AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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TREMELLIUS, IMMANUEL

Grammatica Chaldaea et Syra.

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title. pp. 155, (1). Trace foxed in places, shaken. Later morocco backed marbled boards. 4to Adams T-923; Schreiber, The Estiennes no. 174

(Geneva): Henri Estienne 1569

Est: $700 - $900

A pioneering grammar by Tremellius, an apostate Jew and Hebraist from Ferrara. He became professor of Hebrew at Strasbourg, Cambridge and Heidelberg Universities. The Grammatica Chaldaea is regarded as his greatest work and is dedicated to his friend, Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury.