Sefer HaShorashim - Liber Radicum Seu, Lexicon Hebraicum, in Quo Omnium Vocabulorum Biblicorum.

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $100

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author

AVENARIUS, JOHANNES

printer

Johann Craton

Place

Wittemberg

Publication

1589

Description

On title, Psalm 25:21 in Hebrew and vignette of anointment of David by Samuel. Similar scene occupies full length of final page. Opposite p.1 lengthy scholarly note in English.

references

Adams, A-2306.

summary

“Book of Roots,” a Hebrew-Latin dictionary and concordance of the Bible. The author, Lutheran Hebraist Johann Habermann (Latin, Avenarius) (1516-90), was Professor of Theology in Wittemberg.

ff. (16), 860, (1). Ex-library, minor repairs and staining. Modern boards. Thick folio.

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