De Abbreviaturis Hebraicis Liber novus & copiosus…Operis Talmudici Brevis Recensio… Bibliotecha Rabbinica Nova.

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

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

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Lot 66

BUXTORF, JOHANNES.

De Abbreviaturis Hebraicis Liber novus & copiosus…Operis Talmudici Brevis Recensio… Bibliotecha Rabbinica Nova.

<<FIRST EDITION. With celebrated provenance >> (see below). Marginalia in various hands. pp. (16), 335. Small tears to blank leaves, some wear. Contemporary calf, worn, portion of backstrip removed. 8vo.

Basle: Conrad Waldkirch 1613

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

The De Abbreviaturis Hebraicis “deserves a place of honor,” as the first scientifically organized bibliography of Jewish literature. See S. Brisman, A History and Guide to Judaic Bibliography, Vol. I (1977), pp. 4-5. Opening blank inscribed (1855): “Prof. Pococke’s copy, with his manuscript notes… From the library of Revd. J. Kentish.” (Edward Pococke (1604-91) English Orientalist and biblical scholar; John Kentish (1768-1853) English Unitarian minister and divine).