Philologus Hebraeus: in quo pleraeque quaestiones generales philologico- Hebraicae concernentes textum Hebraeum Veteris Test. [Hebrew Philology…] by Johann Leusden. Utrecht: Meinardum a Dreunen [Meinard van Dreunen, 1657. Latin and some Hebrew.
A work on Hebrew philology by Calvinist Hebraist Johann Leusden (1624-1699). The work also deals with Judaism and its commandments, and includes a list of the 613 commandments, divided into positive and negative (following Maimonides in "Mihsneh Torah"). A special chapter is dedicated to Kabbalah and Kabbalists, and a discussion of God's names.
A Hebrew poem by Johann Leusden is printed at the beginning of the book.
[11] ff., 447, [9] pp. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains (some dark). Some tears and minor blemishes. Handwritten inscriptions on title page and one of the endpapers (one dated 1816). Original binding, vellum-covered card. Stains and minor blemishes to binding.