(RaDa”K). Sepher ha-Shorashim [“Book of Roots;” Biblical lexicon and grammar]

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts

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Lot 219
KIMCHI, DAVID

(RaDa”K). Sepher ha-Shorashim [“Book of Roots;” Biblical lexicon and grammar]

Printed in two columns. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Some words provided with nikud (vowel points). Sidebars contain Latin equivalents. Initial words within woodcut design. On title, former owner’s inscription, “Zechariah Colon.” On final page, signatures of censors, “Fr[ater]Paulus Vicecomes…Fr[ater] Alex[ande]r Longus Inquisitor Montisregalis, 1571.” See Wm. Popper, pl. V, nos. 1, 7. In col. 361, an anti-Christological remark by Kimchi has been expunged by the censor f. (1), 5-548 columns, f.(1). Stained. Modern boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 330; Habermann, Adelkind 44; Adams K-46

Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1546

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $600