Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum: complectens omnes voces, tam primas quam derivatas, quae in Sacris Bibliis, Hebraea & ex parte Chaldaea lingua scriptis, extant: Interpretationis fide, exemplorum biblicorum copia, Locorum plurimorum difficilium ex variis Hebraeorum Commentariis explicatione, auctum & illustratum
Basleae (Basel): Johannes König, 1655. Hardcover. 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. fair. Item #14114
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.
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