Discours du Tabernacle, et du Camp des Israelites. Recueilly de plusieurs anciens Docteurs Hebrieux [“Discourse concerning the Tabernacle and the Camp of the Israelites. Collected from Several Ancient Hebrew Doctors.”]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,000

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author

AQUIN, PHILIP D’.

printer

Thomas Blaise

Place

Paris

Publication

1623

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in French. Hebrew appendices (pp. 93-104). Four woodcut illustrations of the Temple.

summary

Born in Carpentras in about the year 1578 the author converted from Judaism to Catholicism, assuming the name “Philippe d’Aquin” (after Aquino, the place of his conversion). He was soon appointed professor of Hebrew Language by King Louis XIII and resided in Paris until his death in 1650. See JE, Vol. II, p. 38.

pp. (8), 104, (1). Light stains. Ex-library. Contemporary limp vellum. 4to.48.

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