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PAGNINUS, SANTES Otzar Leshon ha-Kodesh - Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae Second edition. Printer’s device on title. Ornamental Hebrew initials. Wide margins. pp. (72), 1495, (1), (56). Ex-library, previous owners' marks on title, lightly worn or stained in places. Contemporary calf, worn, spine split. Thick 4to. Vinograd, Paris 21. Paris: Robert Estienne 1548 A reworking by Pagninus of R. David Kimchi’s Sepher HaShorashim (Book of Roots). According to Estienne’s introduction, this Hebrew lexicon was published as an accompaniment to his 1544-6 edition of the Hebrew Bible. “A beautiful example of Robert Estienne’s Hebrew printing.” See F. Schreiber, The Estiennes: An Annotated Catalogue (1982) no. 97. A reworking by Pagninus of R. David Kimchi’s Sepher HaShorashim (Book of Roots). According to Estienne’s introduction, this Hebrew lexicon was published as an accompaniment to his 1544-6 edition of the Hebrew Bible. “A beautiful example of Robert Estienne’s Hebrew printing.” See F. Schreiber, The Estiennes: An Annotated Catalogue (1982) no. 97.