Goldenthal, J[acob]. Grammaire Arabe écrite en Hébreu, a l'usage des Hebreux de l'Orient / Sepher Maspik li-Yedi'ath Dikduk Leshon Aravi [“Arabic Grammar Written in Hebrew, for Use by the Jews of the Orient”]

(ARABIC)

Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei

Vienna

1857

FIRST EDITION. Titles and prefaces in French and Hebrew, text in Hebrew interspersed with Arabic. Before title, splendid cartouche consisting of Arabic script against background of faience colors of maroon and blue

Friedberg M-2669

Goldenthal was a man of outstanding erudition. He is noted on the title-page as: Doctor of Philosophy; Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Vienna; government interpreter; member of the Academy of Sciences of Vienna; and member of the Asiatic Societies of Germany, of Paris and of London. In his Hebrew preface, Goldenthal notes that knowledge of Arabic is particularly important for Talmudists, illustrating his point by a passage from Rabbenu Nissim's commentary to Tractate Shabbat found in a manuscript in the Palatine Library of Vienna