Aruch - Dictionarium Chaldaicum. Translated into Latin by <<Sebastian Münster.>>

AUCTION 74 | Thursday, November 09th, 2017 at 1:00

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NATHAN BEN YECHIEL OF ROME

Aruch - Dictionarium Chaldaicum. Translated into Latin by <<Sebastian Münster.>>

<<First Latin edition.>> Elaborate title-page after Hans Holbein. Extensive marginalia throughout in an early hand. pp. (8) 434, (1). Lightly stained, small repair to upper margin of opening three leaves. Recent calf, spine rubbed. 4to.

Basle:

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

On the strength of his important contributions as a mediator of Jewish learning to Christian scholars, Münster was elected to the chair of Hebrew at Basel in 1527. When John Calvin came to Basel in 1534, he gave himself to the study of Hebrew under Münster’s guidance.