Tzemach David

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: $350

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

POMIS, DAVID DE

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1587

Description

FIRST EDITION. Arms of Pope Sixtus V on f.2r and heraldic crest of the de Pomis (“Min Hatapuchim”) Family

references

Vinograd, Venice 718; Habermann, di Gara 97a; Adams P-1823

summary

Celebrated Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin and Italian dictionary presenting definitions from Kimche’s Shoroshim, Levita’s Tishbi and Nathan ben Yechiel’s Aruch, within which are numerous historical and scientific observations. Introductory pages recounts the history of the the ancient de Pomis Family, brought in chains to Italy from the Land of Israel by Emperor Titus following his annihilation of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E. See C. Roth, The Jews in the Renaissance (1950) pp. 223-25

ff. 297 (of 301) lacks ff. D:4, lightly stained. Modern boards. Folio

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