(The Elder). Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum [Aramaic, Talmudic, and Rabbinic dictionary]

Estimate: $500–$700
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author

Buxtorf, Johannes

Place

Basle

Publication

1639

Description

Additional, elaborately engraved title-page, engraved frontispiece portrait of Buxtorf.

references

Prijs, Basle 237 (illustrated on pp. 366-7)

summary

Johannes Buxtorf I (or the Elder) (1564-1629) served as professor of Hebrew at the University of Basle. For all of his immense learning in Bible and rabbinics, he could not be dissuaded from a negative attitude toward the Jews. His colossal Lexicon Chaldaicum Talmudicum was completed by his son. Though unreliable, it served coming generations of Christian scholars as a guide to their Jewish studies. EJ IV, col.1543.

ff. (8), 2680 columns; ff. (32). Secondary title torn with loss of text. Foxed. Contemporary vellum with central motif. Spine distressed.Thick folio

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