Alphabeti ver`e Naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 128

HELMONT, FRANCISCUS MERCURIUS BARON VON

Alphabeti ver`e Naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio

Engraved frontispiece signed “F. Franck.”Appended are 36 most unusual engravings of the letters of theHebrew alphabet pp. (36), 107, (1); ff. 36. Browned. Contemporary vellum. 12mo Freimann, p. 84

Sulzbach: Abraham Lichtenthaler 1667

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,750

Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (1614-1699) was a Belgian physician and philosopher. He theorized that the Hebrew language would be helpful in teaching speech to the deaf and dumb. The extraordinary copper engravings at the end of this work are designed to show the parts of the mouth from which a specific Hebrew sound is produced. The book contains a preface by Christian kabbalist, Chr. Knorr von Rosenroth