Opusculum Recens Hebraicum...Sepher ha-Tishbi [lexicon of Hebrew words in the Talmud, Midrash and Hebrew of the Middle-Ages]

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00

Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR

Opusculum Recens Hebraicum...Sepher ha-Tishbi [lexicon of Hebrew words in the Talmud, Midrash and Hebrew of the Middle-Ages]

Text in Hebrew and Latin, Hebrew title page after the Latin introduction, Fagius’ woodcut device on last leaf. Wide-margined copy pp. (23), 271, (3), previous owner’s inscription “Liber rarus” and signatures on title (dated 1630, 1766 and 1823), slight staining, Numerous marginal notes in Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Modern calf, rubbed. 4to Vinograd, Isny 9

Isny: Paulus Fagius 1541

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $750

This work was printed simultaneously in two issues, one entirely in Hebrew and the present, Hebrew-Latin issue. This copy contains the rare page (151) discussing Christiological issues that was excised from most all copies. See Heller, The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book, Vol. 1, p. 261