Ed.) Shelosh Esrei Ikrim. Divrei HaBayith HaSheini. Eser Gilyoth Yisrael - Tredecim Articuli Fidei Judaeorum (etc).

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $2,250

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author

(MüNSTER, SEBASTIAN

printer

Petrus Schoeffer

Place

Worms

Publication

1529

Description

FIRST LATIN EDITION. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Translated by Sebastian Münster.

references

Vinograd, Worms 1-2.

summary

The first - and only - Hebrew Book printed in Worms (Rhineland-Palatinate), the famed home of Rashi. Includes an early edition of Maimonides’ Principles of Jewish Faith, here provided with a translation into Latin by Münster one of the foremost Christian Hebraist scholars of his time.

ff. (182), final leaf supplied in facsimile. Modern calf. 12mo.

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