Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae / Otzar Leshon Hakodesh

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,200

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

author

PAGNINUS, SANCTES.

printer

Sebastian Gryphio

Place

Lyons

Publication

1529

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title surrounded by vignettes of wise men of the ages. Hebrew and Latin. Double columns

references

Adam P-36; Freimann, p. 90

summary

Sumptuous copy of the first edition of this masterpiece. Santes Pagnini (or Xanthus Pagninus) (1470-1536), an Italian Dominican friar, was considered one of the greatest Christian Hebraists of the age. See C. Roth, Jews in the Renaissance (1959) 146f.; EJ, Vol. XIII, cols. 13-14

2751 cols. Minute amount of underlining in old brown ink. Calf, elaborately blind-tooled roll; raised bands on spine (distressed), board detached. Thick folio

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