Pirkai Eliyahu-Cantica Eliæ [“The Chapters of Elijah”- grammatical essays]. With introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian Münster.

AUCTION 61 | Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR.

Pirkai Eliyahu-Cantica Eliæ [“The Chapters of Elijah”- grammatical essays]. With introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian Münster.

<<FIRST LATIN EDITION>> . Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Printer’s mark on title and repeated on verso of final leaf (Yaari’s Printer’s Marks no. 12). Scattered Latin and Hebrew marginalia. ff. (98). Some staining. Recent half-morocco. 8vo. Vinograd, Basle 29; Mehlman 1866; Prijs, Basle 27.

Basle: Johannes Froben 1527

Est: $500 - $700
Collected grammatical essays by this celebrated grammarian dealing with phonetics, particles, gender pronouns and prosody. The first part, Perek Shira-Cap. Cantici, provides poetic examples of the grammatical lessons.