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Auction 54 · Lot 70
Genesis. Germanice Litteris Judaico-Germanicis. Edited by Jo. Henr. Callenberg.
- Estimate
- $200–$300
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(BIBLE, Judeo-German).
printer
Instituti Judaici
Place
Halle
Publication
1737
Description
German translation in Waybertaytsch letters. Preface in Latin.
references
Vinograd, Halle 33.
summary
The German Orientalist Johann Heinrich Callenberg (1694-1760) served as Professor of Theology and later Professor of Philology at the University of Halle. In 1728, Callenberg established the Institutum Judaicum, the first German Protestant mission to the Jews. See EJ, Vol. VIII, col. 2.
ff. 110, (8). Lightly browned and occasionally stained. Original floral-patterned wrappers, lacking spine. 12mo.
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