Otzar Leshon ha-Kodesh - Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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PAGNINUS, SANTES

Otzar Leshon ha-Kodesh - Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae

Second edition. Printer’s device on title. Ornamental Hebrew initials. Broad-margined copy ff.(36), pp.1495, (1), ff.(28). Ex-library, previous owners' marks on title, trace stained. Contemporary calf, rebacked with some wear. Thick 4to Vinograd, Paris 21; Adams P-37

Paris: Robert Estienne 1548

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

A reworking by Pagninus of R. David Kimchi’s Sepher HaShorashim (Book of Roots). According to Estienne’s introduction, this Hebrew lexicon was published as an accompaniment to his earlier edition of the Hebrew Bible, 1544-46. “A beautiful example of Robert Estienne’s Hebrew printing.” F. Schreiber, The Estiennes-An Annotated Catalogue (1982), no. 97