De Republica Hebraeorum

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $200

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author

CUNAEUS, PETER.

printer

Janssonius and Weyerstraet

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1666

Description

Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Engraved historiated title-page

summary

“De Republica Hebraeorum is an essentially conventional presentation of the traditional Calvinist views on biblical antiquity and on Judaism and the Jews…The true novelty of this work, however, consists in its quarrying of the Mishneh Torah for the study [of] the ancient Jewish Commonwealth.” See A. L. Katchen, Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis (1984) p. 39

ff. (16), pp. 372. Trace foxed. Contemporary vellum. 16mo

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