Froben, Johann (?). Hei lecha me’at: Dikduk u-pe’uloth kedei she-teida likro ivri [“Here is a Little: Grammar and Verbs in Order to Read Hebrew]

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00
Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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Lot 57
(GRAMMAR)

Froben, Johann (?). Hei lecha me’at: Dikduk u-pe’uloth kedei she-teida likro ivri [“Here is a Little: Grammar and Verbs in Order to Read Hebrew]

Title in Hebrew and Latin within elaborate historiated border. Texts in Hebrew with nikud (vowel points) and Latin; some Greek sidebars. Printed left to right. Contains interlinear Hebrew-Latin translation of Decalogue and first two Psalms. Colophon on final page below highly complex woodcut engraving replete with hermetic symbolism; at center two intertwined serpents. Latin inscription on title page ff. 8. Trace stained. Crisp, clean copy. Some outer margins cropped with minimal loss of Greek sidebars. Modern calf. 8vo Vinograd, Basle 7 (with incorrect date); Prijs 12

Basle: Johann Froben 1522

Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $1,600