Mikneh Avram - Peculium Abrae.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

BALMES, ABRAHAM DE.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1523

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Interesting ownership inscription on f. 5r.

references

Vinograd, Venice 81; Mehlman 1868.

summary

Distinguished in many fields, de Balmes served as physician to Cardinal Grimani of Venice and lectured at the University of Padua where he attained renown as an Aristotelian. Greatly valued by contemporary Christian Hebraists, de Balmes prepared this grammar at the urging of the printer Daniel Bomberg, with whom a deep friendship was shared. See D. Amram, the Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy (1909) pp. 169-7.

ff. (316). Trace wormed, lightly stained in places, title-page with stamp and repaired. Later vellum-backed boards, worn. 4to.

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