Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Shilush Leshonot – Trilingual Dictionary by Sebastian Münster – Basel, 1562
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"Dictionarium trilingue, in quo scilicet Latinis vocabulis in ordinem alphabeticum digestis, respondent Graeca & Hebraica" – Shilush Leshonot, a Latin-Greek-Hebrew dictionary, by Sebastian Münster. Basel: Heinrich Petri, [1562].
Latin-Greek-Hebrew dictionary, following the order of the Latin alphabet. Printed from left to right.
Initial letter panels decorated with fine woodcuts.
Includes appendix with specialized glossaries, in Latin translation only.
Printer's device on last page.
257, [2] pages. 31.5 cm. Varying condition; most leaves in good-fair condition, last leaves in fair condition. Stains. Large stains and traces of former dampness to last tens of leaves. Marginal tears to some leaves, mainly last leaves, partially repaired with tape. Worming. Last leaf with printer's device reinforced by mounting on paper. New leather binding.
This edition is not documented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Hebraica – Foreign Language Books: Latin, French, Italian, German, and More
Hebraica – Foreign Language Books: Latin, French, Italian, German, and More