Auction 74 · Lot 137
Sepher HaDikduk - Grammatica Hebraica. * Sepher Habachur - Liber Electus. * Luach HaBinyanim - Tabula Omnium Hebraicarum. Introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian Münster.
- Estimate
- $700–$900
- Hammer price
- $1,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR.
printer
Johannes Froben
Place
Basle
Publication
1525
Description
FIRST EDITION IN LATIN. Three parts in one. Hebrew with Latin on facing pages. Introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian Münster. Printer’s mark on first title and repeated. Additional title-pages. Opening four blank pages annotated written in an elegant hand in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. Early signatures on title, marginalia, underlinings in red.
references
Vinograd, Basle 16; Prijs, Basle 18.
summary
A previous owner evidently had an aversion to Sebastian Munster, as his name is noticeably crossed out wherever it appears on the title.
ff. (200). Lightly browned. Modern blind-tooled calf. 12mo.
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