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Auction 14 · Lot 56

Sepher Hasharashim-Hoc est Liber Radicum Sev Lexicon Ebraicum.

Estimate
$800–$1,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

AVENARIUS, JOHANNES

printer

Johannes Cratonis

Place

Wittemberg

Publication

1588

Description

Text in Latin, with extensive use of Hebrew type. Biblical vignette on title, repeated on recto of final leaf.

references

Adams A-2306

summary

A massive reworking of David Kimchi’s Michlol and Shoroshim.
pp. (16),870,(2).Title and final leaf neatly repaired, dampstained, scattered Latin marginalia, previous owners’ Latin inscriptions on title. Recent half-calf marbled boards. Folio
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