Auction 87
HEBREW & JUDAIC PRINTED BOOKS
Jan 16, 2020
USA
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LOT 77:
BUXTORF, JOHANNES.
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BUXTORF, JOHANNES.
(The Elder). Synagoga Judaica [a description of Jewish life and customs].
Third edition. Title in red and black. Additional engraved title depicting synagogue study-session and circumcision scene.
pp. (34), 779, (37). Foxed throughout. Boards, defective. 8vo. Fürst I, p. 138; Prijs 266*
Basle: Johan. Jacob Deckerum 1661
Johannes Buxtorf I (or the Elder) (1564-1629) served as Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basle. According to Moritz Kayserling, he was the “principal founder of Rabbinical study among Christian scholars” (JE, Vol. III, p. 444). His Lexicon served generations of Christian scholars as a guide to their studies in Talmud and Rabbinics. See EJ, Vol. IV, col. 1543
Johannes Buxtorf I (or the Elder) (1564-1629) served as Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basle. According to Moritz Kayserling, he was the “principal founder of Rabbinical study among Christian scholars” (JE, Vol. III, p. 444). His Lexicon served generations of Christian scholars as a guide to their studies in Talmud and Rabbinics. See EJ, Vol. IV, col. 1543
