De re grammatica Hebraeorum opus.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 87

CINQARBRES, JEAN.

De re grammatica Hebraeorum opus.

<<first edition>> . Woodcut device on title. ff. 176. Lightly browned, marginal dampstaining. Contemporary vellum, soiled, chipped at lower spine. 4to. Adams, Q-17 (Quinquarboreus); Steinschneider 1603.3; IA 140.286.

Paris: Jacob Bogard 1546

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $800

First edition of a popular Hebrew grammar, dedicated to the Venetian Jew Paolo Paradisi. Cinqarbres (1514-1587) was considered one of the foremost linguists of the 16th century and occupied the chair of Hebrew and Syriac at the Collège de France until his death.