Yesod HaDikduk / Even HaEzer / Higayon, Hebrew textbook by David Kyber. Basel: Henrichum Petri, 1552. Latin, Hebrew, and Greek. First edition.

A Hebrew textbook, printed in Latin with vocalized Hebrew letters, decorated initial words, and the printer's device. Fine copy in decorative binding – blind-stamped parchment over wooden boards, with clasps.

The book is divided into three parts, intended for beginner students ("Foundations of Grammar"), advanced students ("Even HaEzer"), and students proficient in Hebrew ("Higayon"), with a separate title page for each part. At the end of the book appears a multilingual version of the Book of Lamentations – in Hebrew, Greek, and two Latin translations – enabling the practice of Hebraist research alongside the original Hebrew text (in the introduction to this section, the author notes that he chose the Book of Lamentations due to the similarity between the destruction of Jerusalem and Germany's current state – which, at the time of printing, was immersed in the European wars of religious).

[15], 219, [3] pages; [9], 381, [72] pages. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Two bookplates. Inscription on the book's edge and margins of title page. Blemishes to spine.

Source: Christie's, Amsterdam, December 15, 1988 (Important Judaica), Lot 39.

See: Debra Kaplan, Beyond Expulsion, Jews, Christians, and Reformation Strasbourg, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011, p. 138.