Dikduk...Sepher Habachur

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $750

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author

LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR BEN ASHER HALEVI ASCHKENAZI

printer

P(aulus) F(agius)

Place

Isny (Bavaria)

Publication

1542

Description

Second edition. The Mayer Sulzberger copy

references

Vinograd, Isny 13; Mehlman, 1232; Adams E-117

summary

Grammatical treatise written at the request of the liberal and enlightened Pope Leo X, and first published in Rome in1518. This expanded edition is divided into 52 sections (corresponding to the numerical value of the Author’s first name) and discusses such issues as as the nature of Hebrew verbs, the changes in the vowel-points of the different conjugations and regular and irregular nouns. A typically thorough linguistic investigation by a remarkable Hebrew philologist. See Amram, pp. 236-41

pp. 102, (1). Natural paper fault on ff.5:2-4 affecting couple letters. Lightly stained. 19th-century half-morocco over marbled boards. 4to

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