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(HEBREW GRAMMAR) Johannes Buxtorf. Lexicon Hebraicum-Chaldaicum. Anonymously penned, finely composed text in Hebrew and Latin. Brown ink on paper. pp. 236. Lightly browned. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed. 12mo. n.p: 1797 An attractive little manuscript brimming with knowledge of the Hebrew language. Johannes Buxtorf (the Elder, 1564-1629) served as Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basle and was the “principal founder of Rabbinical study among Christian scholars” (JE, Vol. 3, p. 444). An attractive little manuscript brimming with knowledge of the Hebrew language. Johannes Buxtorf (the Elder, 1564-1629) served as Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basle and was the “principal founder of Rabbinical study among Christian scholars” (JE, Vol. 3, p. 444).