(The Elder). Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $170

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author

BUXTORF, JOHANNES.

printer

Ludwig Koenig

Place

Basle

Publication

1639-40

Description

Additional, elaborately engraved title-page, and engraved frontispiece portrait of Buxtorf.

references

Prijs, Basle 237.

summary

Johannes Buxtorf’s colossal Lexicon Chaldaicum Talmudicum was completed by his son, Johannes the Younger. It served generations of Christian scholars as a guide to their studies in Talmud and rabbinics. See EJ, Vol. IV, col. 1543.

ff. (8), 2680 columns, ff. (32). Foxed with light wear. Contemporary vellum, spine distressed, upper cover starting. Thick folio.

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