Sepher ha-Shorashim ‘im Nigzarim [dictionary of Hebrew roots and derivatives]

AUCTION 36 | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts

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Lot 158

Münster, Sebastian.

Sepher ha-Shorashim ‘im Nigzarim [dictionary of Hebrew roots and derivatives]

SECOND EDITION. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Reads from right to left ff. (496). Title tape-repaired. Later black calf, spine distressed. 8vo Prijs, 112

Basle: Froben 1564

Est: $700 - $1,000

Münster translated Rabbi David KImchi’s Sepher ha-Shorashim from Hebrew to Latin, all the while embellishing upon the original work