<<Cunaeus, Petrus.>> La Republique des Hebreux. Edited and translated by Willem Goeree.

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

<<Cunaeus, Petrus.>> La Republique des Hebreux. Edited and translated by Willem Goeree.

Five volumes. With <<numerous plates and maps>> of the Holy Land, most fold-out. Ex-library. Contemporary mottled calf, worn, covers mostly detached. 8vo. cf. Laor, 303, 1027.

Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier 1705

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

Peter van der Cunaeus (1586-1638) was a professor of Latin at Leiden. His De Republica Hebraeorum was first published in Leiden in 1617. “De Republica Hebraeorum is essentially a conventional presentation of the traditional Calvinist views on biblical antiquity and on Judaism and the Jews … The true novelty of his work however, consists in its quarrying of [Maimonides’] Mishneh Torah for the study of the ancient Jewish commonwealth.” Aaron L. Katchen, Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis (1984) p. 39. The set contains a great many exquisite engravings.