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

Tzemach David – Venice, 1587

Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Tzemach David, lexicon of Hebrew and Aramaic roots, with explanations in Latin and Italian, by R. David Min HaTapuchim (de Pomis), "physician and philosopher from Spoleto". Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1587. Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin and Italian.
The lexicon is in alphabetical order, in two columns, with Hebrew words on the right and foreign words (Aramaic, Rabbinic Hebrew, etc.) on the left.
At the beginning of the book is a dedication to Pope Sixtus V (Latin) and introductions in Latin, Italian and Hebrew.
Many glosses on margins and within text, in Latin, and some in Hebrew.
On title page and another leaf, stamps of
"Jacques Antoine Rabaut-Pommier" (1744-1820), French politician at the time of the French Revolution, member of various committees in France.

5, [1], 5-62, 238 leaves. 29.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Light wear and creases. Marginal tears to several leaves. Light worming. Old binding with leather spine. Wear and minor defects to binding and spine.

CB, no. 4841, 1; Zedner, p. 641; Roest, p. 944.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries