Lot 172
Monograph on the Subject of Hebrew Incunabula - Germany, 1776
De Hebraicae typographiae origine ac primitiis seu antiquis ac rarissimis Hebraicorum librorum editionibus saeculi XV disquisition historico-critica, Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi. Erlangen (Germany): Schleich, 1776. Latin. First edition.
Early monograph about Hebrew incunabula. The author, Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi (1742-1831), was an Italian Hebraist and a professor of Oriental languages at the University of Parma.
[4] leaves, 100 pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tear to title page (no damage to text). Defects to binding and spine. Front binding partly detached.
