Mai, Johann Heinrich (the younger). Bibliotheca Offenbachiana MSS.…Catalogus et Recensio Msstorum Codicum qui in Biblotheca Zachariae Conradi ab Offenbach (Catalogue of Mss. in Library of Zacharia Conrad of Offenbach)

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $950

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author

(BIBLIOGRAPHY).

printer

Novi Bibliopolii

Place

Halle

Publication

1720

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title in black and red; printer’s mark. Latin. Contains several full-page kabbalistic charts and diagrams

references

Shunami, no. 3134; St. Cat. Bodl. no. 6201(1)

summary

In Part I, cols. 1-416, “Codices Ebraico-Rabbinicos” (Hebrew-Rabbinic Codes), 141 entries. CONTAINS EXCERPTS FROM SEVERAL UNIQUE HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS. The Author, Johann Heinrich Mai (1688-1732) was professor of Greek and Oriental languages in the University of Giessen. See JE, Vol. VIII, p. 264

Two parts. I: pp. (30), cols. 706, pp. (23). II: pp. (6),1364, pp. (52). f.18 of second index torn and repaired to size. Half calf; spine distressed. Thick folio

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