Sepher Harakavah [grammar]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $750

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

author

HALEVI, ELIJAH BEN ASHER

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Second Edition. Opening word within a decorative woodcut border.

references

Vinograd, Venice 267; Habermann, Bomberg 190; Adams E-129

summary

Provides an alphabetical list of compound words in the Bible, and explains their composition and derivation. “Elijah’s grammatical books, on account of their clearness and preciseness, gained great favor among the Christian Hebrew scholars of the sixteenth Century and several of them were immediately translated into Latin.” See M. Waxman, Vol. II p.19.

ff. 83, (1). Lightly browned, stained in places, ff.42-3 starting. Modern boards. Sm. 8vo

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