(The Elder). Synagoga Judaica [Description of Jewish Life and Customs]

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 66

BUXTORF, JOHANNES.

(The Elder). Synagoga Judaica [Description of Jewish Life and Customs]

Third edition. Title in red and black. Additional engraved title depicting synagogue study-session and circumcision scenes pp. (34), 779, (37). Foxed throughout. Boards, defective. 8vo Fürst I, p. 138; Prijs 266*

Basle: Johan. Jacob Deckerum 1661

Est: $300 - $500

Johannes Buxtorf I (or the Elder) (1564-1629) served as Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basle. According to Moritz Kayserling, he was the “principal founder of Rabbinical study among Christian scholars” (JE, Vol. III, p. 444). His Lexicon served generations of Christian scholars as a guide to their studies in Talmud and Rabbinics. See EJ, Vol. IV, col. 1543