Sepher Masoreth Ha’masoroth * Sepher Tuv Ta’am [on cantilation points and grammatical accents]

LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR

Henricus Petri

Basle

1539

Second edition.Two works in one. Divisional title. Printer’s device at end of second work. (Misbound at beginning)

Vinograd, Basle 56; Mehlman 1864; Prijs 58; Adams E-110-11

These two works are often found with an abridged Latin text prepared by Sebastian Münster. It is unclear to bibliographers whether the three works were originally assembled together. Yudlov explains that the Latin version did appear on its own. It is likely therefore three variants exist: Hebrew alone, Latin alone and a compendium with both the Latin and Hebrew works bound together. This copy with marginalia containing critical comments in an early 19th century Aschkenazic hand signed with the initials Beth-Teth. The writer enthusiastically repudiates the author’s opinion and defends the antiquity of the Nekudoth.