Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ Gilberti Genebrardi Benedicti. Ad legenda et intelligenda Rabbinorum commentaria [Introduction… to reading and study of commentaries of the rabbis], by Gilbert Génébrard. Paris: Martin Le Jeune, 1563. Latin, with some Hebrew.
Guide by Gilbert Génébrard (1535-1597), a French theologian, Orientalist and Biblical commentator, meant to enable Christian scholars to study the Hebrew language and Rabbinic literature.
64 pages. 19.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and light creases. Inscriptions. Bookplate. New binding and endpapers.
Not recorded in the NLI catalog.
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![Alphabetum Hebraicum [Hebrew Alphabet], Latin booklet for study of Hebrew. Geneva: Henri Estienne, 1566. Latin with some H](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol59/314.jpg "Alphabetum Hebraicum – Latin Booklet for Studying Hebrew – Geneva, 156")
Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
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Alphabetum Hebraicum [Hebrew Alphabet], Latin booklet for study of Hebrew. Geneva: Henri Estienne, 1566. Latin with some Hebrew.
Textbook for studying the Hebrew alphabet and reading, in Latin, with Hebrew texts.
[24] leaves. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old binding.
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
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Institutiones in linguam hebraïcam, Hebrew grammar by Jean Cinquarbres. Paris: M. Le Jeune, 1582. Latin, with some Hebrew.
The author, Jean Cinquarbres (ca. 1514-1587), French Hebraist, authored several Hebrew grammatical works.
Marginal glosses on some leaves (Latin, some trimmed).
144 pages. Approx. 19 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Marginal open tear to one leaf (resulting from erosion from a dark inkstain), not affecting text. New binding.
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
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Thomæ Erpenii Grammatica Ebræa generalis, cum duplici indice, altero librorum et capitum, altero vocum omnium Ebraicarum [General Hebrew grammar by Thomas van Erpe, with two indexes: one of books and chapters, and one of Hebrew words]. Geneva: Jean de Tournes, 1627. First edition. Latin and Hebrew.
Comprehensive work for study of Hebrew grammar, to enable Christian scholars to understand the basics of the Hebrew language in order to study the Hebrew scriptures in the original.
Although written in Latin, the pages are ordered from right to left.
5, [3] leaves; 317, [78] pages. 15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Minor tears, creases and wear. Old inscriptions on title page and margins of some leaves, endpapers and interior of binding. Original parchment binding, worn and stained.
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![Mahalach Shevilei HaDaat, on grammar, by R. Moshe Kimchi, with commentary of R. Eliyahu Ashkenazi [Bachur], preface by R.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol59/317.jpg "Mahalach Shevilei HaDaat, With Latin Translation and Notes – Leiden, 1")
Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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Mahalach Shevilei HaDaat, on grammar, by R. Moshe Kimchi, with commentary of R. Eliyahu Ashkenazi [Bachur], preface by R. Binyamin son of Yehudah, and with Latin notes and translation, by Constantin L'Empereur. Leiden: Ex officina Bonaventurae & Abrahami Elzevir, 1631. Hebrew and Latin.
Some words on title page printed in red.
5, [3] leaves. 256, [16] pages. Approx. 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Light wear. Marginal open tears to title pages and several other leaves. Old binding, with leather spine. Wear and defects to binding.
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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Commentary of Don Yosef ibn Yachya on Daniel, including Biblical text, with Latin translation – Paraphrasis Dn Iosephi Iachiadae in Danielem. Amsterdam: published by Jan Janssonius (printed by Wilhelm Christianus, Leiden), 1633. Hebrew and Latin.
Printed from left to right.
Some words on title page in red ink.
Translated from Hebrew to English with extensive notes by Dutch Hebraist and Orientalist
Constantijn L'Empereur (1591-1648).
Constantijn L'Empereur (1591-1648).
Fine original parchment binding, with gilt inscriptions.
This work is famous for its quasi-prophetic prediction of a return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel some time before or after the year 1940 (p. 154, commentary to Daniel 8: 14).
[47], 268, [18] pages. Approx. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fine original parchment binding, with gilt inscription on both sides. Bookplate of noble and priest Giambattista Carlo Giuliari (1810-1892).
CB, no. 5934, 3; Zedner, p. 147; Roest, p. 222.
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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Sefer Nitzachon, "Liber Nizachon rabbi Lipmanni", work according to the order of the Bible to answer Christian claims against Judaism, by R. Yom Tov Lipmann Muelhausen, with introduction and Latin translation by Theodor Hackspan. Altdorf-Nuremberg: Wolfgang Endter (Nuremberg), 1644. Hebrew and Latin. First edition.
First part of book (in Hebrew) printed in Altdorf, and second part (in Latin, with some Hebrew and Latin) printed in Nuremberg.
Two title pages, first in Hebrew, with fine engraving. Second title page in Latin.
Latin inscriptions on endpaper (quotes from sharp criticism of book in Synagoga Judaica by Johannes Buxtorf).
Latin ownership inscriptions dated 1671 on second title page.
Latin glosses on last leaves.
[16], 512, [24] pages. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Tears, including marginal tear to first title page, and tears affecting text on one leaf, repaired with tape. Original parchment binding, damaged, with tears across spine.
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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Sota, Hoc est: Liber Mischnicus De Uxore Adulterii Suspecta, translated by Johann Christoph Wagenseil. Altdorf (Altdorfii Noricorum): Sumtibus Johannis Andreae & Wolfgangi Endteri, 1674. Hebrew, Latin and some German.
Tractate Sotah, with Latin translation and notes by Christian Hebraist Johann Christoph Wagenseil. Some words on title page in red ink. Accompanied by ten engraved plates and additional plates within text.
[25] leaves, 1234; 88 pages + [10] engraved plates. 20.5 cm. Browning of paper on some leaves (mainly to text area). Good condition. Stains. Marginal tears to several leaves. Original parchment binding. Minor defects to binding.
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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Four books on Hebrew and Aramaic grammar, by scholar of Judaism Johann Buxtorf the elder (1564-1629).
Four works (in three volumes), edited from right to left:
• De Abbreviaturis Hebraicis – dictionary of Hebrew abbreviations, with bibliography of rabbinical literature. Basel, 1613. Latin and Hebrew. First edition.
• Bound with: Institutio Epistolaris Hebraica – guide to epistolography in Rabbinic Hebrew. Basel, 1629. Second edition. Latin and Hebrew.
[8] leaves, 335 pages; [8] leaves (blank); [16] leaves, 462 pages.
• Grammaticae Chaldaicae et Syriacae libri III. – on the Aramaic language and grammar: Chaldean (Biblical) Aramaic and Syriac. Basel, 1650. Second edition. Latin and some Aramaic.
Ownership inscription on margins of title page, dated 1665, by Johann Andreas Eisenmenger (1654-1704), German Orientalist and professor of Semitic languages, considered a forerunner of modern anti-Semitism, author of Judaism Unmasked (Entdecktes Judenthum).
[16], 452, [8] pages.
• Johannis Buxtorfi Thesaurus grammaticus linguae sanctae Hebraeae, duobus libris methodicè propositus [Treasury of the grammar of the holy Hebrew language, by Johann Buxtorf, two parts]. Basel, 1651. Latin with some Hebrew and Yiddish. [16], 690, [29] pages.
Three volumes. 15-16.5 cm. Overall good to fair-good condition. Stains, creases and minor tears. Handwritten inscriptions and signatures. Two volumes in parchment bindings, third in leather binding. Defects to bindings.
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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Kuzari, by R. Yehudah HaLevi – Liber Cosri continens colloquium seu disputationem de religione, with Latin translation by Johannes Buxtorf the younger. Basel: Georg Decker, 1660. Hebrew and Latin.
First Latin translation of the Kuzari. Printed from right to left.
At beginning of book, after preface and dedication in Latin, appear the letter of R. Chasdai son of Yitzchak to the Khazar king and the response of King Yosef of the Khazars.
Bound with another work:
Exercitationes ad Historiam, a work on several Biblical topics by Johann Buxtorf the younger. Basel: Georg Decker, 1659. First edition.
Two books in one volume. Kuzari: [52], 455, [29] pages. Second work: [16], 492, [19] pages. 20.5 cm. Browning of paper to some leaves. Overall good condition. Stains; many stains on some leaves. Original parchment binding, with decorations. Defects to binding.
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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Three works on Hebrew and Aramaic grammar, printed in Paris between the 17th and 19th centuries. French, Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic.
• Linguae Hebraicae Opus grammaticum, work on Hebrew grammar by scholar Louis-Thomas Dufour (1613-1647). Paris, 1642. First edition. Latin and Hebrew.
[20] leaves, 367, [1] pages. 17 pages. Good condition. Minor tears. Ownership inscription on title page. Bookplate. New binding.
• Nouvelle Méthode pour apprendre facilement les langues Hebraïque et Chaldaïque, avec le Dictionnaire des Racines Hebraïques & Chaldaïques, & de leurs dérivez [New method for easy study of the Hebrew and Chaldean languages, with dictionary of Hebrew and Chaldean roots and declensions], by Jean-Baptiste Renou. Paris, 1708-1709. French, Hebrew and Aramaic.
Title page in black and red. Several decorations within text (woodcuts). Accompanied by 2 folding plates, printed in black and red, with verb paradigms. On endpapers, old ownership inscriptions and signatures in Hebrew and French.
[7] leaves, 386 pages + [2] folding plates. 19.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains, and wear. Tears and light worming in some places. Inscriptions and signatures. Original leather binding, with gilt inscriptions on spine, somewhat worn (placed in nylon wrapper).
• Grammaire Hébraïque, ou Méthode facile pour apprendre cette langue [Hebrew grammar, or an easy method for studying that language], by Louis-Pascal Sétier the younger (official printer of the Israelite Central Consistory of France). Paris, 1814. French and Hebrew.
VIII, 252 pages. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Inscriptions on endpaper. Bookplate. Leather binding with gilt inscriptions on spine.
Not recorded in the NLI library.
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![Promtuarium, sive Bibliotheca Orientalis... [Repository, or library of the East...], by Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Heidelb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol59/324.jpg "Bibliotheca Orientalis, By Johann Heinrich Hottinger – Heidelberg, 165")
Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
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Promtuarium, sive Bibliotheca Orientalis... [Repository, or library of the East...], by Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Heidelberg: Adrian Wyngaerden, 1658. First edition. Latin with some Hebrew and other languages.
First edition of the important comprehensive bibliography on Oriental literature, by Swiss theologian and Hebraist
Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620-1667). A central chapter is dedicated to Judaism.
Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620-1667). A central chapter is dedicated to Judaism.
[4] leaves, 332, [46] pages. Approx. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Light tears and worming in some places, not affecting text. Inscription on front binding. Original parchment binding, with defects and wear.
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