b'Lot 144 Lot 145144 KIMCHI, DAVID (RaDaK). Sepher HaShorashim. - Dictionarium Hebraicum. Translated into Latin bySEBASTIAN MNSTER.Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Reads from right to left. Paginated in an early, neat hand. Manuscript index at end. ff.(496). Lightly discolored, previous owners marks on title. Later calf, rehinged, worn. 12mo. [Vinograd, Basle 109; Prijs, 112.] Basle, Froben, 1564. $500 - $700 David Kimchi built on the lexicographical work of his predecessor R. Jonah ibn Janach, et al, producing by far, the most popular work of this genre. A fundamental work, it was an essential part of any scholars library in the 15th-16th centuries - indeed no other Hebrew lexicographical study inuenced Christian Hebraists in their examination of the sacred tongue as did Kimchis Sepher HaShorashim.Mnster translated Kimchis Sepher HaShorashim from Hebrew to Latin and embellished upon the original.145 KIMCHI, DAVID (RaDaK). Kotzer HaChelek Rishon HaMichlol / Compedium Michlol. Edited by R. Baynes. Title in Hebrew and Latin. Printers device on title. Text Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Wide margins. pp. (8), 141, (1). Modern blind-tooled calf. 4to. [Vinograd, Paris 29.] Paris, Carolus Stephanus, 1554. $600 - $900 Vinograd locates just one copy, found in the Ben-Schmuel Collection (the present copy).71'