In Introductorio Grammaticae [Introduction to Grammar]

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 150

KIMCHI, MOSES.

In Introductorio Grammaticae [Introduction to Grammar]

Title within ornate architectural columns, with winged sphinxes at top and cherubs at bottom, in addition to an assortment of griffins and other mythological creatures. Title in Latin and Hebrew. Latin introduction. Hebrew text, in distinctive square typeface, includes nikud (vowel points). Extensive learned marginalia, Latin and Hebrew interspersed. On final page (colophon) two cherubs holding aloft banner pp. (4), 78 (77), (2). Modern boards, ex-library, few light stains. 4to Vinograd, Hagenau 1; Adams K-55

Hagenau: ex Officina Thomae Anshelmi 1519

Est: $12,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $19,000

The first - and only - Hebrew book printed in this Alsatian town, amidst the Hagenau Forest on the Moder. A Latin translation of Kimchi’s famous work, Mahalach Shevilei ha-Da’ath, it contains a Hebrew typeface of original and distinctive style