Melecheth HaDikduk HaShalem - Opus Grammaticum Consummatum, ex Varijs Elianis Libris Concinnatum. Hebrew and Latin text. <<* Bound with>> (as issued): Sepher Toviah [the Apocryphal Book Tobit / Tobias]. Hebrew text only.

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

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

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Lot 192

MUENSTER, SEBASTIAN.

Melecheth HaDikduk HaShalem - Opus Grammaticum Consummatum, ex Varijs Elianis Libris Concinnatum. Hebrew and Latin text. <<* Bound with>> (as issued): Sepher Toviah [the Apocryphal Book Tobit / Tobias]. Hebrew text only.

Printer’s device at end of first work. Large-type “Toviah” within floriated frame. pp. (8) 290, (2); (27). Trimmed, previous owners signatures, few light stains. Later reverse calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd Basle 68, 69; Prijs, Basle 68.

Basle: Heinrich Petri 1544

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $700

For an appraisal of the Christian Hebraist Sebastian Münster’s scholarly acumen, see Erwin Rosenthal, “Sebastian Muenster’s Knowledge and Use of Jewish Exegesis,” in: Essays Presented to J.H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi (London, 1942), pp. 351-369.