In Introductorio Grammaticae [Introduction to Grammar]

Estimate: $12,000–$15,000
Hammer price: $19,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

KIMCHI, MOSES.

printer

ex Officina Thomae Anshelmi

Place

Hagenau

Publication

1519

Description

Title within ornate architectural columns, with winged sphinxes at top and cherubs at bottom, in addition to an assortment of griffins and other mythological creatures. Title in Latin and Hebrew. Latin introduction. Hebrew text, in distinctive square typeface, includes nikud (vowel points). Extensive learned marginalia, Latin and Hebrew interspersed. On final page (colophon) two cherubs holding aloft banner

references

Vinograd, Hagenau 1; Adams K-55

summary

The first - and only - Hebrew book printed in this Alsatian town, amidst the Hagenau Forest on the Moder. A Latin translation of Kimchi’s famous work, Mahalach Shevilei ha-Da’ath, it contains a Hebrew typeface of original and distinctive style

pp. (4), 78 (77), (2). Modern boards, ex-library, few light stains. 4to

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