Sepher ha-Bachur / Liber Electus. Introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian MUEnster

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $500

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author

LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR.

printer

Johann Froben

Place

Basle

Publication

1525

Description

FIRST LATIN EDITION. Hebrew with Latin on facing pages. Printer’s mark on verso of final leaf (Yaari, no. 12). Replete with Latin marginalia

references

Vinograd, Basle 16 (JNUL copy incomplete); Prijs, Basle 18; Adams E-114

summary

The Sepher ha-Bachur is subdivided into four treatises, each containing thirteen principles or “ikarim,” (perhaps a mnemonic similar to Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles). - A typically thorough linguistic investigation by an exceptional Hebrew philologist

ff.(152). Few light stains in places, a few leaves shorter, and in two instances the text itself has been slightly cropped. Modern beige crushed morocco, title blind-tooled on upper cover. Sm. 8vo

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