Hebraicarum literarum Regii interpretis, de modo legendi hebraice, dialogus

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts

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Lot 283

PARADISUS, PAULUS

Hebraicarum literarum Regii interpretis, de modo legendi hebraice, dialogus

FIRST EDITION. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. On title and last page, device of Sessa, Venetian family of printers. Initial letter “N” historiated. Inner front and rear wrappers, unusual cutout designs ff. (16). Light stains. Soft wrappers. 8vo Both Adams P-308 and Fürst, p. 65, have a Paris 1534 work, however the foliation is different as per Adams)

Venice: Melchior Sessa 1534

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

This rare, early Hebrew primer written by, it is assumed, a Christian Hebraist, and intended for a Christian audience, takes the literary form of a dialogue between two fictional characters, Martialis and Matthaeus