Nettles, Stephen. An Answer to the Jewish Part of Mr. Selden’s History of Tithes

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $550

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author

(ANGLO JUDAICA)

printer

J. Wichfield and William Turner

Place

Oxford

Publication

1625

Description

FIRST EDITION. Many passages in Hebrew

summary

The first appearance of Hebrew Pica (unpointed type) ”freely used” in an Oxford publication. See Madan, F. The Early Oxford Press: A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford 1468-1640, (1895) p. 126 Comprehensively researched, presents many original sources including ibn Ezra, Abrabanel, Chezkuni, Ramban etc.

ff. [6], pp. 189, [1]. Sight staining, upper margin of title slightly cut not affecting text. Contemporary calf, rubbed, front cover loose. 8vo

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