Malecheth Hadikduk-Institutiones Grammerticæ in Hebræam linguam. WITH: Yonah Navi Be’arbah Leshonoth-Ionas Propheta in quatuor orbis [The Book of Jonah in Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Chaldae]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,500

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author

MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN.

printer

Froben

Place

Basle

Publication

1524

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title (cf. Yaari no. 12), repeted on verso of final leaf. Opening letters historiated. Musical notation of the Hebraic accents in mensural notation on ff.114-155r. (printed from right to left). Extensive use of Hebrew type

references

Vinograd, Basle 14; Prijs 15a; Adams M-1931; Sedrey, Bibliography of Jewish Music, no. 2057

summary

AN EARLY APPEARANCE OF PRINTED JEWISH MUSIC

ff. (128);(16). Lightly browned, title and final leaf neatly rehinged, Latin ex libris inscription on title. Recent cloth-backed boards. Sm. 8vo

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