Introductio ad litteras hebraicas [Introduction to Hebrew Letters]

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

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Lot 183

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Introductio ad litteras hebraicas [Introduction to Hebrew Letters]

FIRST EDITION. Latin and Hebrew interspersed. Hebrew provided with nikud (vowel points) ff. 7, (1 blank). Title lightly stained. Clean, crisp copy. Contemporary vellum. 8vo Vinograd, Pesaro 9; not in Adams, not in JNUL

Pesaro: Hieronymus Soncinus [Gershom Soncino] 1510

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,500

Rare Hebrew primer that guides the reader through the Hebrew alphabet, the various vowel points, and culminates with the first Psalm’provided with linear Latin translation. The pronunciation is Sephardic as opposed to Aschkenazic. Thus, kamatz is transliterated “a” rather than “o”