Kotzer Otzar Leshon Hakodesh - Epitome Thesauri Linguae Sanctae

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

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author

PAGNINUS, SANCTES.

printer

Christopher Plantin

Place

Antwerp

Publication

1570

Description

FIRST PLANTIN EDITION. Printer’s device (golden compasses) on title. From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool.

summary

Dictionary of Hebrew adapted from the work by the Dominican Hebraist Sante Pagnino (Lyon, 1529) by Isaac Levita, who was in the employ of Plantin for less than a year, 1563-64. See C. Sorgeloos, Labore et Constantia (Brussels, 1990), pp. 341-42.

pp.(12), 380, (4). Some browning, previous owner’s inscriptions. Later vellum, worn. 8vo.

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