Dikduk de-Lishan Arami o ha-Casda’ah / Chaldaica Grammatica [Aramaic Grammar]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $650

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author

MuEnster, Sebastian.

printer

J. Froben

Place

Basle

Publication

1527

Description

Title and text in Hebrew and Latin. Latin inscription on title dated 1624. Initials richly historiated. On p.14, “Indian” alphabet. On p.18 wayber-taytsch and Rashi script. On final page, printer’s mark of Johann Froben

references

Vinograd, Basle 22; Prijs 23; Adams 1903

summary

Includes several selected passages from Aramaic Targumim with Latin translation face `a face (pp.142-151). Also contains a glossary of Aramaic terms (pp.161-187) and abbreviations (rashei teivoth) (pp.188-212)

pp. (8), 212, (4). Contemporary limp vellum, detached, light wear. 4to

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