(Ed.) Shlosh Esrei Ikrim. Divrei Habayith Hasheini. Eser Gilyoth Yisrael - Tredecim Articuli Fidei Judaeorum (etc.)

Estimate: $6,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $7,500

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author

MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN.

printer

Petrus Schaeffer

Place

Worms

Publication

1529

Description

FIRST LATIN EDITION. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Translated by Sebastian Muenster. Woodcut printers’ device on verso of final leaf

references

Vinograd, Worms 1-2; Mehlman 1872; Adams M-171

summary

The first - and only - Hebrew Book printed in Worms, legendary home of the great expositor, Rashi. An early edition of Maimonides’ Principles of Jewish Faith - first appeared in the Bible of Felix Pratensis, Venice 1517 - here provided with a translation into Latin by Münster one of the foremost Christian Hebraist scholars of his time

ff.(182). Trace foxed, small marginal tear on f.159, otherwise a good copy. Later vellum. 12mo

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