Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures

Kuzari, With Latin Translation by Johannes Buxtorf II / Another Work by Buxtorf – Basel, 1659-1660 – First Latin Translation of the Kuzari

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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.
Hebraica – Foreign Language Books: Latin, French, Italian, German, and More
Hebraica – Foreign Language Books: Latin, French, Italian, German, and More