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Auction 37 · Lot 101
(HEBRAISTS).
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
London
Publication
v.d
Description
Two volumes Bythner, Victorinus. Lyra prophetica Davidis Regis; sive analysis critico-practica Psalmorum ["Critical Analysis of King David’s Psalms."] Latin interspersed with Hebrew. pp. 352, (2), 69, (9), 36 (p.15, grammatical chart Pekod, Pakadti, etc. in red and black ink), (2). pp.125-128 misbound between pp.132-133. Trace foxed. [Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica p.349, no. 38]. (London, 1679).
* With Lightfoot, John. Prospect of the Temple Service [A treatise on the layout of the Temple in Jerusalem and the various scarifices offered therein]. English interspersed with Hebrew. pp.(8),186. Title page wanting, and perhaps pages at end. Waterstained. Scattered marginalia in pencil. (London, 1649).
summary
Victorinus Bythner or Buttner(1605?-1670?), of Polish origin, was a Professor of Hebrew Language. * John Lightfoot (1602-1675) was a native English Hebraist. See D.M. Welton, John Lightfoot, The English Hebraist (1878); EJ, Vol. VIII, cols. 26, 42