ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. De Præcipuis Caussis, et momentis neglectæ a nonnullis Hebraicarum litterarum disciplinæ. Disquisitio Elenchtica

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Typographia Regia

Place

Turin

Publication

1769

Description

FIRST EDITION. Latin interspersed with Hebrew, Samaritan, Syriac, Greek and Arabic. Floriated initial

summary

In October 1769 De Rossi was appointed Professor of Oriental languages at the University of Parma. The present work is the Christian Hebraist’s inaugural lecture on the resons for the unfortunate neglect of Hebrew study. See JE, Vol. X, p. 486

pp. (8), 207, (8), (1 blank). Foxed. Ex-library. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed; spine starting. 4to

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