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Tishbi – Isny, 1541 – First Edition – Early Binding
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Sefer HaTishbi, Opusculum Recens Hebraicum, lexicon of Hebrew words, by the grammarian R. Eliyahu HaLevi Ashkenazi (R. Eliyahu Bachur). Isny (Germany): Paulus Fagius, 1541. First edition.
Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. The Hebrew text is vocalized. Latin title page and preface. Colophon and printer's device of Paulus Fagius on final page.
Early binding (repaired), contemporaneous with printing.
This copy contains several pages at the beginning of the book, with additional poems in Latin and Hebrew, and a Hebrew title page. These pages do not appear in all copies.
Hebrew ownership inscription and another signature on title page. Other early inscriptions in Latin.
[24], 199, 100-275, 269-271, [5] pages. Mispagination. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains to all leaves. Worming (significant worming in some places), affecting text. Early decorated binding, contemporaneous with printing (repaired with leather), with clasps. Wear and defects to binding (large dark stains).
Provenance: Formerly of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman (Ginzei Yisrael), with his handwritten inscriptions.
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries