Nettles, Stephen. An Answer to the Jewish Part of Mr. Selden’s History of Tithes

AUCTION 33 |
Tuesday, June 20th,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Including Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters
Lot 6
(ANGLO JUDAICA)
Nettles, Stephen. An Answer to the Jewish Part of Mr. Selden’s History of Tithes
Oxford : J. Wichfield and William Turner 1625
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $550
The first appearance of Hebrew Pica (unpointed type) ”freely used” in an Oxford publication. See Madan, F. The Early Oxford Press: A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford 1468-1640, (1895) p. 126
Comprehensively researched, presents many original sources including ibn Ezra, Abrabanel, Chezkuni, Ramban etc.