Alphabetum Hebraicum addito Samaritano et Rabbinico [Hebrew alphabet with Samaritan and Rabbinic alphabets: A Hebrew primer]

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00

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Alphabetum Hebraicum addito Samaritano et Rabbinico [Hebrew alphabet with Samaritan and Rabbinic alphabets: A Hebrew primer]

Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Printer's mark on title pp.16. Trace foxed. Disbound; provided within modern marbled wrappers. Sm. 8vo

Rome: Sac. Congegationis de Propag. Fide 1771

Est: $600 - $800

The "Rabbinic" alphabet turns out to be Rashi script. On the verso of the title there is the motto: Leshon ha-kodesh em kol ha-leshonoth / Lingua sancta mater omnium linguarum ("The sacred tongue is the mother of all tongues.") At the conclusion of the work, several Christian prayers are provided in Hebrew translation