Auction 103 Part 2 Early Printed Books | Sabbateanism and Crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal | Chassidut and Kabbalah | Books Printed in Slavita and Jerusalem | Letters and Manuscripts
Ir David (by Rabbi David Cohen de Lara) – Amsterdam, 1638 – Rare First Edition – Hebrew, Latin, Greek and Spanish – Original Parchment Binding
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Ir David, "Sive De Convenientia Vocabulorum Rabbinicorum, cum Graecis, & quibusdam aliis linguis Europaeis", by R. David Cohen de Lara. Amsterdam: Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, 1638. First edition. Latin, Hebrew, Greek and Spanish.
Lexicon to words from the Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash borrowed from Greek or with cognates in other European languages.
After title page, dedication of author to Queen Christina of Sweden, followed by an introduction, both in Latin.
R. David Cohen de Lara (1602-1674) was rabbi of the Neveh Shalom Sephardic community in Hamburg, a philologist and lexicographer, who later became famous as a prominent opponent of Sabbateanism.
[8], 92 pages. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Light wear. Many creases to some leaves. Original parchment binding, with stains and minor defects.
The present book appears in the catalog of books printed by Menasseh Ben Israel, published by his son Samuel Ben Israel Soeiro in 1652, possibly referring to the second edition of the book, Amsterdam 1648.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Jewish Books – Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Latin
Jewish Books – Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Latin