Subasta Bidspirit | Four Works on Hebrew Grammar

Four Works on Hebrew Grammar and Biblical Commentary – Basel and Wittenberg, 16th Century – Early Decorated Leather Binding from 1575, Produced by Hans Schreiber in Wittenberg - Volume comprising four early works on Hebrew grammar and Biblical commentary. Basel and Wittenberg, 16th century. 1. Yoel and Malachi with commentary of R. David Kimchi (Radak): Terufah Ruchanit, Ioel et Malachias cum commentario rabi David Kimhi. Item medicina spiritualis, edited by Sebastian Münster. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1530. Hebrew and Latin. Biblical verses with vocalization and cantillation (division of verses added by hand). The book begins with a Latin introduction and glossary of abbreviations and terms by Münster. On leaf [57] is a literary work, Terufat HaCholi Ruchanit, describing a physician prescribing a cure for his patient composed of character traits. Printer's device on last page. [60] leaves. Joseph Prijs, Basle, no. 31. 2. Commentary of R. David Kimchi on Amos, Commentarium Rabi David Kimhi in Amos prophetam, edited by Sebastian Münster. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1531. Hebrew and Latin. This book was printed as a sequel to the edition of Yoel and Malachi printed a year earlier. The Bible text and commentary are printed alternately, verse by verse. Begins with Latin introduction by Münster, followed by a Hebrew letter sent to him by R. Eliyahu Bachur – Michtav Eliyahu – on 16th Adar (5 March) 1531. Münster incorporated the letter into the book to serve as a model of Hebrew epistolography. Münster's response (in Latin) is printed after R. Eliyahu Bachur's letter. Printer's device on last page. [72] leaves. Joseph Prijs, Basle, no. 34. 3. Shemot Atzamim, De Hebraeis, urbium, regionum, populorum, fluminum, montium, & aliorum locorum, nominibus liber, by Matthäus Aurogallus. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1539. Second edition. Latin with some Hebrew (printed from left to right). Work on names of locations, cities, rivers and mountains in Hebrew sources. Printer's device on last page. 208 pages, [4] leaves. Joseph Prijs, Basle, no. 54. 4. De Phrasibus Ebraeis Commentariolus [Comments on Hebrew expressions], by Abdias Praetorius. Wittenberg: Laurentius Schwenck, 1563. Latin. Printer's device on title page. [1], 70 leaves. 4 works in one volume. 14.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Light creases and tears to margins of some leaves. Marginal inscriptions and notations in early handwriting on many leaves. Inscriptions on endpapers. Bookplate. Early leather binding, with few stains and wear. Early leather binding from 1575 (year inscribed on front), with meticulous decorations and vegetal frames, produced by Hans Schreiber in Wittenberg (whose initials are inscribed on binding: ”H.S.”). One side of the binding depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the Ark of the Covenant; above this is inscribed the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew and below is a Latin quotation from the New Testament (John 3:16). At the top is an inscription with the initials of the person who ordered the binding (”M.D.E.”). The back binding features the royal insignia of John Frederick I, Prince-Elector of Saxony. The interior of the bindings features remains of early German printings, used by the binder as reinforcements. See: Konrad Haebler, Rollen- und Plattenstempel des 16. Jahrhunderts, I (1928), pp. 407-410. Provenance: Collection of the Von Stedingk noble family. The interior endpaper features the bookplate of Victor von Stedingk, a Swedish book collector and expert on book bindings. The endpaper features a dedication (in Swedish), dated 1982, to his grandson, Lars v. Stedingk.