Hebrew). Derech Ha’kodesh-Via Sancta. Prepared by Elias Hutter
AUCTION 17 |
Tuesday, November 12th,
2002 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners
Lot 79
(BIBLE
Hebrew). Derech Ha’kodesh-Via Sancta. Prepared by Elias Hutter
Hamburg: Elias Hutter- Johann Saxon 1587
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
AN IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE BIBLE, AN ATTRACTIVE COPY.
“In this edition the root letters are printed in thick type and the inflectional letters in hollow type; and when a root letter in any word does not appear, it is printed in small type above the line.” Darlow & Moule 5108.
An extraordinarily ambitious feat of scholarship. See D.S. Berkowitz, In Rememberance of Creation: Evolution of Art and Scholarship in the Medieval and Renaissance Bible (1968) no.171