Aruch/Dictionarium Chaldaicum (Aramaic-Latin Dictionary)

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Lot 186

Münster, Sebastian.

Aruch/Dictionarium Chaldaicum (Aramaic-Latin Dictionary)

First Edition. Title surrounded by cherubs and a few netherworld figures (facsimile in Prijs, p. 50). Opening letter of book richly historiated. Printer’s mark on last page. pp. (8), 434, (1). Stained. Calf-backed marbled boards, gilt (peeking out, an old vellum manuscript). 4to Prijs, Basle 26

Basle: Johann Froben 1527

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

For an appraisal of the Christian Hebraist Sebastian Münster's scholarly acumen, see Erwin Rosenthal, “Sebastian Muenster's Knowledge and Use of Jewish Exegesis,” in: Essays Presented to J.H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi (London, 1942), pp. 351-369