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

Seder Olam Rabba and Zuta – With Latin Translation – Basel, 1580

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Seder Olam Rabba and Zuta, hoc est chronologia hebraeorum maior, with Latin translation and introduction. Basel: Ambros. Froben, 1580. Hebrew and Latin, on facing pages.
Title page illustrated with fine engraving. The translation and introduction were authored by French Archbishop Gilbert Genebrard (1535-1597), a well-known scholar and Orientalist who translated many Hebrew texts into Latin.

156, [1] pages. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming to margins. Stamp on title page. New parchment binding.

CB, no. 5873, 5; Zedner, p. 689; Roest, p. 561.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries