Shilush Leshonoth / Dictionarium Trilingue

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $900

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author

Muenster, Sebastian.

printer

Henricus Petri

Place

Basle

Publication

1530

Description

Columns ruled in red. On final page, mark of Henricus Petri (see Ya’ari, Hebrew Printers’ Marks, no. 11)

references

Vinograd, Basle 34; Prijs 32

summary

A Trilingual Dictionary: Latin-Greek-Hebrew. One of the very first Hebrew books printed at the press of Henricus Petri. Muenster (1489-1552), a pupil of the Jewish grammarian Elijah Levita, was considered the foremost Christian Hebraist of his day. See related article by I.I.J. Rosenthal, Sebastian Muenster’s Knowledge and Use of Jewish Exegisis, in: Essays in Honour of J.H. Hertz (1943), pp.351-69

pp. 238, (1). Slight staining. Later mottled calf, gilt extra. Sm. folio

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