Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Animals in the Bible – A Comprehensive Study by Samuel Buchart – London, 1663 – First Edition
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Hierozoicon, Sive bipertitum opus de animalibus sacrae scripturae, by Samuel Buchart. London: Excudebat Tho. Roycroft... impensis Jo. Martyn et Jac. Allestry, 1663. Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. First edition. Two parts in one volume.
French scholar and priest Samuel Buchart's (1599-1667) notable work, in which he attempts to identify biblical animals based on a variety of ancient sources: The Holy Scriptures, Near Eastern literature and Greek and Latin sources. First edition, with four in-text illustrations of animals and a portrait of the author.
Part I: [48] ff., 1094 columns, [64] pp. + [1] plate (portrait of the author); Part II: [4] ff. (bound out of order, at the end of the book), 888 columns, [56] pp. Approx. 37 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Label, inked stamp and handwritten notation on inside boards and a blank leaf at the beginning. Fine parchment binding, with title handwritten on spine; worn.
French scholar and priest Samuel Buchart's (1599-1667) notable work, in which he attempts to identify biblical animals based on a variety of ancient sources: The Holy Scriptures, Near Eastern literature and Greek and Latin sources. First edition, with four in-text illustrations of animals and a portrait of the author.
Part I: [48] ff., 1094 columns, [64] pp. + [1] plate (portrait of the author); Part II: [4] ff. (bound out of order, at the end of the book), 888 columns, [56] pp. Approx. 37 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Label, inked stamp and handwritten notation on inside boards and a blank leaf at the beginning. Fine parchment binding, with title handwritten on spine; worn.
Bibles, Various Studies
Bibles, Various Studies