Opusculum Recens Hebraicum...Sepher ha-Tishbi [lexicon of Hebrew words in the Talmud, Midrash and Hebrew of the Middle Ages]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $2,200

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author

LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR

printer

Paulus Fagius

Place

Isny

Publication

1541

Description

Text in Hebrew and Latin. Hebrew title page after the Latin introduction. Latin initials historiated. Fagius’ woodcut device on last leaf Wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd, Isny 9; Adams E-124

summary

This work was printed simultaneously in two issues, one entirely in Hebrew and the present, Hebrew-Latin issue. This copy contains the rare page (151) discussing Christological issues that was excised from most all copies. See Heller, The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book, Vol. 1, p. 261.

pp. (25), 271 (i.e. 378), (5), Minimally stained. Contemporary calf, recased. 4to

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