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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: g. "Sakontala oder der entscheidende Ring." Mainz und Leipzig: Johann Peter Fischer. xxxiv. 366pp. (1). "De Abbreviaturis Hebraicus." Basil: Ludovici Regis. 1640. (12), 472pp. (8). Rev. John Caird, D.D.: "The Faiths of the World. Lecture II: Religions of India: Buddhism." Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. 72pp. Several works in the encompassing field of Orientalism, with one work on Indian plays, two works on Indian religions and one work on Hebrew abbreviations in Judaism. The latter was written by renowned German (non-Jewish) Judaism scholar Johannes Buxtorf. Age wear to binding, especially at edges. Binding starting to split at spine, but still firmly attached. Minor tears at edges to endpapers, not affecting text. Title page of Buxtorf loose but present, with very minor tear at edge, not affecting text. Browning throughout. In German (Gothic script), Latin, Hebrew and English. Binding in overall fair, book in overall good condition. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a 17th century Hebraist, who served as professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title "Master of the Rabbis." He was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was largely responsible for transforming Hebrew studies from an amateur hobby into an established academic discipline in the early seventeenth century. He was succeeded by his son Johannes Buxtorf the Younger, who also became a renowned professor.
Published by Johannes König, Basleae (Basel), 1655
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: fair. 12mo. [22], 976 [76] pp. Paper covered boards with title plate. 17th century Hebrew-Latin dictionary. Text in Hebrew and Latin. Half of spine and title plate missing. Scuffing, abrasions and wear to boards. Corners bumped and worn. Wear to edges. Yellow page edges. Water stain to top page edge and upper part of fore page edge. Hinges starting. Sporadic foxing to pages and water staining to last half of book on top area of pages not affecting text. Cover in poor, interior in good condition. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a 17th century Hebraist, who served as professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title "Master of the Rabbis." He was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was largely responsible for transforming Hebrew studies from an amateur hobby into an established academic discipline in the early seventeenth century. He was succeeded by his son Johannes Buxtorf the Younger, who also became a renowned professor.
Published by Jan Daniel Beman, Rotterdam, 1731
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: g. Third edition. 12mo. [16], 548, 44pp. Original full vellum. Engraved frontispiece. Printer's device on title-page. Decorative initials. Profusely illustrated with 4 folding engraved plates by Jan Luyken. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was largely responsible for transforming Hebrew studies from an amateur hobby into an established academic discipline in the early seventeenth century. His book, "Schoole der Jooden" presents a recognizable if unsympathetic portrayal of the life of Jews in contemporary Germany. Buxtorf's work had far-reaching and long-lasting influence, appearing in a wide variety of editions and languages over the next century. Some soiling and age-toning on binding. 1" closed tear on upper back joint. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Ex-library copy (Reichinstitut für Geschichte des neuen Deutschlands) with library stamp on free front endpaper, fly leaf and title page. Back hinge starting. Text in Dutch. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a 17th century Hebraist, who served as professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title "Master of the Rabbis." He was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was largely responsible for transforming Hebrew studies from an amateur hobby into an established academic discipline in the early seventeenth century. He was succeeded by his son Johannes Buxtorf the Younger, who also became a renowned professor.
Published by Hendrik van Damme, Leyden, 1702
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: vg. 24mo. [16], 522, 31, [1]pp. Modern half leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Modern endpapers and fly leaves. Additional engraved title depicting a series of engravings. The larger one shows Moses with the tablets dictating the Torah to a scribe writing on a scroll, while a boy holds on to the end of the scroll. The three smaller engravings at the bottom have Abraham sacrificing Isaac, King David with his harp and a horned Moses with the tablets. Title-page with engraved printer's device showing a man working the soil with the Holy Spirit shining over him. Decorated initials and tailpiece. First published in German in 1603, Johannes Buxtorf's "Jewish Synagogue" is a guide to Jewish thought, culture and ritual observances. Buxtorf goes through Jewish daily practices such as the wearing of phylacteries, reciting prayers and the keeping of kosher as well as Jewish holidays such as the Sabbath, New Moon, High Holidays, Tabernacles, Passover and Purim. The work transliterates many Hebrew and Aramaic terms and offers translations of two Sabbath hymns. Buxtorf also gives a history of Jewish thought from biblical times to his day. In terms of sources, Buxtorf quoted extensively from the Old Testament and New Testaments, but also used classic rabbinic sources such as the Talmud and Midrashim as well as medieval and early modern sources such as Isaac Alfasi, Solomon Yarchi, Abraham ibn Ezra, David Kimchi, Bahya ben Asher, Judah the Pious' "Sefer Hasidim," Isaac Aboab, Elias Levita's "Bovo-Bukh" and Joseph Kairo's "Shulchan Aruch." Buxtorf also made use of kabbalistic explanations for various Jewish practices. Also includes a dialogue between a Jew and a Christian in which the Christian responds to the Jew's attacks on Christianity. Foreword for the Christian reader. Passage from Martin Luther on the Jews. Printed notes in the margins, giving sources and translations of terms. Four foldout copper plate engravings showing the lifting up of the Torah in a synagogue, a Passover Seder, Jews parading with palm branches and citrons during Tabernacles and a bride and groom standing under a wedding canopy. While often hostile, Buxtorf's work stands as the most scholarly early modern Christian treatment of Jews and remained the chief source for Christian information on Jews through the Enlightenment. Text in Dutch with some Latin and Hebrew. Overall in very good condition. Title-page information: "Uit hun eige Boeken en Schriften, merendeels den Christenen onbekend, grondig met aanwijsing van yder Boek, plaats en blad, verklaard. Eertijds tot nut der Christenen beschreven door M. Joannem Buxtorfium, Opper-meester in de hebreewsche spraak, tot Bazel. Op Nieuws oversien, en met Nieuwe kopere Platen door Jan Luyken verçierd. Hier agter is bygevoegt een Rede-Strijd tusschen een Jood en een Christen, war in het Christen geloof werd verdedigt. Tot Leyden. By Daniel van den Dalen, en Hendrik van Damme, Boekverkopers 1702." First edition with Jan Luyken's engravings.
Published by Jan Daniel Beman, Rotterdam, 1731
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: vg. Third edition. 12mo. [16], 548pp. 44pp. plus 4 foldout copper engravings. Original full vellum with black lettering on spine. Half title-page with a series of engravings. In the larger engravings, Moses with the tablets dictating the Torah to a scribe writing on a scroll, while a boy holds on to the end of the scroll. The smaller engravings at the bottom have Abraham sacrificing Isaac, King David with his harp and a horned Moses with the tablets. Title-page with printer's emblem. Decorated initials. First published in German in 1603, Johannes Buxtorf the Elder's "Jewish Synagogue" is a guide to Jewish thought, culture and ritual observances. Buxtorf goes through Jewish daily practices such as the wearing of phylacteries, reciting prayers and the keeping of kosher as well as Jewish holidays such as the Sabbath, New Moon, High Holidays, Tabernacles, Passover and Purim. The work transliterates many Hebrew and Aramaic terms and offers translations of two Sabbath hymns. Buxtorf also gives a history of Jewish thought from biblical times to his day. In terms of sources, Buxtorf quoted extensively from the Old Testament and New Testaments, but also used classic rabbinic sources such as the Talmud and Midrashim as well as medieval and early modern sources such as Isaac Alfasi, Solomon Yarchi, Abraham ibn Ezra, David Kimchi, Bahya ben Asher, Judah the Pious' "Sefer Hasidim," Isaac Aboab, Elias Levita's "Bovo-Bukh" and Joseph Kairo's "Shulchan Aruch." Buxtorf also made use of kabbalistic explanations for various Jewish practices. Also includes a dialogue between a Jew and a Christian in which the Christian responds to the Jew's attacks on Christianity. Foreword for the Christian reader. Passage from Martin Luther on the Jews. Printed notes in the margins, giving sources and translations of terms. Foldout copper plate engravings showing the lifting up of the Torah in a synagogue, a Passover Seder, Jews parading with palm branches and citrons during Tabernacles and a bride and groom standing under a wedding canopy. While often hostile, Buxtorf's work stands as the most scholarly early modern Christian treatment of Jews and remained the chief source for Christian information on Jews through the Enlightenment. Text in Dutch with some Latin and Hebrew. Titles underneath engravings cut off. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. Title-page information: "Uit hun eige Boeken en Schriften, merendeels den Christenen onbekend, grondig met aanwyzing van yder Boek, plaats en blad, verklaard. Eertyds tot nut der Christenen beschreven door M. Joannes Buxtorf, Opper-meester in de Hebreewsche spraak, tot Bazel. Op Nieuws overzien, en met Nieuwe kopere Platen door Jan Luyken verçierd. Hier agter is bygevoegt een Reden-Strydt tusschen een Jood en een Christen, waar in het Christen Geloof werd verdedigt. Derde druk. Te Rotterdam, by Jan Daniel Beman. M. D. C. C. XXXI." Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a 17th century Hebraist, who served as professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title "Master of the Rabbis." He was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was largely responsible for transforming Hebrew studies from an amateur hobby into an established academic discipline in the early seventeenth century. He was succeeded by his son Johannes Buxtorf the Younger, who also became a renowned professor.
Published by Johan Jacob Decker & Ludovici Regis a.k.a. Ludwig König, Basel, 1661
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: fair. Third edition & First edition (?). 2 volumes in 1. Vol. I. starting from front, Vol. II. starting from back. 12mo. In Latin. Vol. I: (34) 779p. Vol. II: (32) 462pp. Vellum with handwritten lettering to spine. Staining and scuffing to boards. Tearing and chipping to spine. Staining, scuffing and discoloration to boards. Book firmly bound. Written on parchment. Sporadic foxing and welling to pages, not affecting text. Vol. I: Some tearing to free front endpaper. Fascinating two books, one on Jewish rites, the other on Hebrew language. In Latin and Hebrew. Cover in poor, interior in good condition. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a 17th century Hebraist, who served as professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title "Master of the Rabbis." He was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was largely responsible for transforming Hebrew studies from an amateur hobby into an established academic discipline in the early seventeenth century. He was succeeded by his son Johannes Buxtorf the Younger, who also became a renowned professor.
Published by Johan. Jacobum Deckerum (1661) Ludovici Regis (1640), Basileae, 1661
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 12 Mo. Original full vellum with handwritten lettering on spine. 1) Synagoga Judaica: Third revised edition. (34) 779 (38) pp. Title-page in red and black lettering. Fascinating work on Jewish rituals and traditions. Latin translation of this originally in German published work. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a celebrated Hebraist, born in Westphalia, member of a family of Orientalists; professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title, "Master of the Rabbis". He was succeeded by his son, who also became a renowned professor. 2)De Abbreviaturis Hebraicis: [14], 472, [8]pp. Second edition of a Latin reference work of abbreviations in Hebrew from the Talmud. (First published in 1613). Includes at end a bibliography of Rabbinical literature. Title-page with woodcut vignette. Closed tear of 1.5' on top of front joint. Minor soiling to binding. Previous owner's signature and ex-library sticker on free front endpaper. Hinges starting. Interior in very good condition. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a 17th century Hebraist, who served as professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title "Master of the Rabbis." He was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was largely responsible for transforming Hebrew studies from an amateur hobby into an established academic discipline in the early seventeenth century. He was succeeded by his son Johannes Buxtorf the Younger, who also became a renowned professor. Third revised (1661) Second edition (1640).