Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Johann Leusden – Collection of Books – The Hebrew Language and the Jews, 17th–18th Centuries – Many Engravings
Ten works by the Dutch Hebraist and theologian Johann Leusden. Utrecht, Leiden and Basel, 17th–18th centuries. Latin and some Hebrew.
1–5. Philologus Hebraeo–mixtus, a work on religion, philosophy and Jewish custom, with fine engravings and woodcuts depicting various Jewish customs – matzah baking, lighting Shabbat candles, a Jewish wedding, Brit Milah, and more. Five copies from four different editions (including the first edition). Utrecht, Leiden and Basel, 1663–1739.
6. Clavis Hebraica Veteris Testamenti, lexicon of Biblical Hebrew. Utrecht: Franciscum Halma, 1683.
7–8. Philologus Hebraeo–graecus generalis, philological study on Hebrew and Greek in the New Testament. Two different editions: Leiden: Jordanum Luchtmans, 1685; Basel: E. & J.R. Thurnisios, 1739.
9. Sive Translatio Hebraica Omnium Textuum Chaldaicorum, qui in Daniele, Ezra & in Jeremia Inveniuntur – Hebrew translation of Daniel and Ezra. Leiden: Jordanum Luchtman, 1685.
10. Philologus Hebraeus, work on the Hebrew language, Judaism and its commandments; including a list of the 613 commandments, a special chapter dedicated to Kabbalah and kabbalists, and a discussion of G–d's Names. Poem in Hebrew by Johann Leusden at the beginning of the book. Basel: E. & J.R. Thurnisios, 1739.
Ten works in five volumes (four in one volume, three in another volume, and the rest bound individually). Condition varies. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Additional work at the end of one volume: Phosphorus graecorum vocum et phrasium sacro–sancti Novi Testamenti theoretico–practicus, lexicon of Greek words in the New Testament, by Georg Crauser. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johannis Theodori Fleischeri, 1676. Latin, with some Greek and Hebrew.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.336–9.