Melecheth HaDikduk HaShalem - Opus Grammaticum Consummatum, ex Varijs Elianis Libris Concinnatum. Hebrew and Latin text. * Bound with (as issued): Sepher Toviah [the Apocryphal Book Tobit / Tobias]. Hebrew text only.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $700

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author

MUENSTER, SEBASTIAN.

printer

Heinrich Petri

Place

Basle

Publication

1544

Description

Printer’s device at end of first work. Large-type “Toviah” within floriated frame.

references

Vinograd Basle 68, 69; Prijs, Basle 68.

summary

For an appraisal of the Christian Hebraist Sebastian Münster’s scholarly acumen, see Erwin Rosenthal, “Sebastian Muenster’s Knowledge and Use of Jewish Exegesis,” in: Essays Presented to J.H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi (London, 1942), pp. 351-369.

pp. (8) 290, (2); (27). Trimmed, previous owners signatures, few light stains. Later reverse calf. Sm. 4to.

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