Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Volume of Writings by Johann Leusden - Utrecht and Leiden, 1665-1685 - Engravings
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Three works by Johann Leusden (1624-1699), a Dutch theologian and Hebraist and a professor of Hebrew at Utrecht University.
The three works are bound together.
1. Philologus Hebraeo-Mixtus, unà cum Spicilegio philologico, continente decem quaestionum & positionum praecipuè philologico-Hebraicarum & Judaicarum centurias. Utrecht: ex Officinâ Francisci Halma, 1682. Latin and some Hebrew.
Study in Hebrew philology, accompanied by fine engraved plates that depict, among other things, various Jewish customs: baking matzo bread, lighting the Sabbath candles, a Jewish wedding, and more. [14], 463, [9] pp + [9] engraved plates (title page and eight additional plates).
2. Hebrew translation of Daniel and Ezra / Sive Translatio Hebraica Omnium Textuum Chaldaicorum, qui in Daniele, Ezra & in Jeremia Inveniuntur. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), 1685. Hebrew and Latin.
Chapters from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Ezra, in Hebrew and Latin (in facing columns). On the last page is verse 11 from the Book of Jeremiah, chapter 10. 41 [i. e. 49], [1] pp.
3. Pirkei Avot / Tractatus Talmudicus... Pirke Abhoth. Utrecht: Ex Officinâ Meinardi à Dreunen, 1665. Hebrew and Latin.
Pirkei Avot, in Hebrew and Latin (in facing columns), with a philological commentary. At the end of the book are chapters from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Ezra, in Hebrew and Latin. [8], 129, [2] pp.
Volume: 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to margins of some of the engraved plates in the first work. Piece cut off of one of the front endpapers. Fine vellum binding from the period.
The three works are bound together.
1. Philologus Hebraeo-Mixtus, unà cum Spicilegio philologico, continente decem quaestionum & positionum praecipuè philologico-Hebraicarum & Judaicarum centurias. Utrecht: ex Officinâ Francisci Halma, 1682. Latin and some Hebrew.
Study in Hebrew philology, accompanied by fine engraved plates that depict, among other things, various Jewish customs: baking matzo bread, lighting the Sabbath candles, a Jewish wedding, and more. [14], 463, [9] pp + [9] engraved plates (title page and eight additional plates).
2. Hebrew translation of Daniel and Ezra / Sive Translatio Hebraica Omnium Textuum Chaldaicorum, qui in Daniele, Ezra & in Jeremia Inveniuntur. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), 1685. Hebrew and Latin.
Chapters from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Ezra, in Hebrew and Latin (in facing columns). On the last page is verse 11 from the Book of Jeremiah, chapter 10. 41 [i. e. 49], [1] pp.
3. Pirkei Avot / Tractatus Talmudicus... Pirke Abhoth. Utrecht: Ex Officinâ Meinardi à Dreunen, 1665. Hebrew and Latin.
Pirkei Avot, in Hebrew and Latin (in facing columns), with a philological commentary. At the end of the book are chapters from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Ezra, in Hebrew and Latin. [8], 129, [2] pp.
Volume: 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to margins of some of the engraved plates in the first work. Piece cut off of one of the front endpapers. Fine vellum binding from the period.
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