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Sepher HaDikduk - Grammatica Hebraica. * Sepher Habachur - Liber Electus. * Luach HaBinyanim - Tabula Omnium Hebraicarum. Introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian Münster.

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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