Pirkai Eliyahu-Cantica Eliæ [“The Chapters of Elijah”- grammatical essays]. With introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian Münster.

AUCTION 38 | Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 1:00

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LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR.

Pirkai Eliyahu-Cantica Eliæ [“The Chapters of Elijah”- grammatical essays]. With introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian Münster.

FIRST LATIN EDITION. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Printer’s mark on title and repeated on verso of final leaf (Yaari’s Printer’s Marks no. 12). Scattered Latin marginalia with inscription on final leaf dated 1601. ff. (97). Stains in places. Recent vellum-backed boards. 8vo Vinograd, Basle 29; Mehlman 1866; Prijs, Basle 27; not in Adams

Basle: Johannes Froben 1527

Est: $800 - $1,200

Collected grammatical essays by this celebrated grammerian dealing with phonetics, particles, gender pronouns and prosody. The first part, Perek Shira-Cap. Cantici, provides poetic examples of the grammatical lessons.