Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Collection of Hebrew Proverbs, With Translation to German and Latin – Paulus Weidner – Vienna, 1563 – Woodcut Portrait of the Author

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Sententiae hebraicae ad vitae institutionem perutiles / Schöne vnnd heilsame Hebraische Sprüch, a collection of Hebrew proverbs, with translation to Latin and German, by Paulus Weidner von Billerburg. Vienna: Michael Zimmermann, 1563.


A collection of proverbs, mainly from Pirkey Avot, in Hebrew, Latin and German, with commentary. The proverbs were compiled and translated by Paulus Weidner (né Asher Judah Ashkenazi; ca. 1525-1585), a Jewish convert to Christianity, doctor and professor of Hebrew at the University of Vienna.
A woodcut portrait of Weidner appears on verso of title page.


[112] ff., approx. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor tears to endpapers and to leaf [111]. Notation on title page. Ex-library copy: Inked stamps to inside front board and several pages; notation on spine. Limp vellum binding, with four ties (three ties are torn; only a small part remains). Minor wear to binding.

Bibles, Various Studies
Bibles, Various Studies