Grammatica Chaldaea et Syra.

Estimate: $700–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

TREMELLIUS, IMMANUEL

printer

Henri Estienne

Place

(Geneva)

Publication

1569

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title.

references

Adams T-923; Schreiber, The Estiennes no. 174

summary

A pioneering grammar by Tremellius, an apostate Jew and Hebraist from Ferrara. He became professor of Hebrew at Strasbourg, Cambridge and Heidelberg Universities. The Grammatica Chaldaea is regarded as his greatest work and is dedicated to his friend, Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury.

pp. 155, (1). Trace foxed in places, shaken. Later morocco backed marbled boards. 4to

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