Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
Hebrew Study Booklet - Venice, 1639
Opening: $2,000
Unsold
Documenta Brevia, Quibus, Quisque Tuto Numerose, Et prompte Hebraice, vel unius Mensis spacio, legere addiscat ad Sacrae Scripturae. "Booklet for the Study of the Hebrew Alphabet and Grammar in One Month, for the Purpose of Reading of Scripture". Venice: Ioannes Calleo [Giovanni Calleoni], 1639. Latin and some Hebrew.
Booklet for learning the Hebrew alphabet and vowel marks (niqqud). The booklet begins with an introduction explaining the Hebrew letters and vowel marks, including lengthy explanations of the "shva" sign, the differences between qamatz and hataf qamatz, and more, and ends with an explanation of cantillation. As the title indicates, the booklet was intended for the rapid acquisition of the Hebrew language for the purpose of reading from the Bible.
On the title page is the printer's mark with the Hebrew verse, "And the king will desire your beauty" (see: Avraham Ya'ari, "Diglei HaMadpisim HaIvri'im" [Hebrew Printers' Marks], Jerusalem, 1944, p. 22).
[8] pp (folded sheet. Upper edges uncut), 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. The booklet has undergone thorough professional restoration. Slight damage to text in several places (open tears, repaired, to a number of places; missing piece, repaired, to margins of all the leaves). Bound in new leather binding with gilt decorations.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
Booklet for learning the Hebrew alphabet and vowel marks (niqqud). The booklet begins with an introduction explaining the Hebrew letters and vowel marks, including lengthy explanations of the "shva" sign, the differences between qamatz and hataf qamatz, and more, and ends with an explanation of cantillation. As the title indicates, the booklet was intended for the rapid acquisition of the Hebrew language for the purpose of reading from the Bible.
On the title page is the printer's mark with the Hebrew verse, "And the king will desire your beauty" (see: Avraham Ya'ari, "Diglei HaMadpisim HaIvri'im" [Hebrew Printers' Marks], Jerusalem, 1944, p. 22).
[8] pp (folded sheet. Upper edges uncut), 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. The booklet has undergone thorough professional restoration. Slight damage to text in several places (open tears, repaired, to a number of places; missing piece, repaired, to margins of all the leaves). Bound in new leather binding with gilt decorations.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.