[Kuzari] Liber Cosri [philosophy]. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon. Introduction, translation and notes in Latin by JOHANNES BUXTORF THE YOUNGER (1599-1664)

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HALEVI, JUDAH

[Kuzari] Liber Cosri [philosophy]. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon. Introduction, translation and notes in Latin by JOHANNES BUXTORF THE YOUNGER (1599-1664)

first latin edition. Latin introduction containing two dissertations by Buxtorf, including the exchange of letters between Chasdai b. Yitzchak [ibn Shaprut], Courtier of Abd al-Rahman III, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, and Joseph, King of the Khazars. Hebrew and Latin printed in columns pp. (52), 455, (29). Foxed. Ex-library. Contemporary vellum. 4to Vinograd, Basle 256; Prijs, Basle 266

Basle: GEORG DECKER 1660

Est: $500 - $700

The addendum to this edition (pp. 389-455) contains excerpts of essays from the works of Don Isaac Abrabanel, Azariah de Rossi, Samuel Archivolti, Samuel ibn Tibbon, and Abraham Portleone