Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Four Studies by Johann Buxtorf – On Hebrew and Aramaic Grammar – Basel, 1613-1651 – Ownership Inscription of Johann Eisenmenger, Author of Anti-Semitic Book Judaism Unmasked
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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.
Hebraica – Foreign Language Books: Latin, French, Italian, German, and More
Hebraica – Foreign Language Books: Latin, French, Italian, German, and More