Lot 6A
Hebraica.- Fagius (Paul).- Sententiae vere elegantes, piae, mir(a)eque, cum ad linguam discendam, tum animum pietate excolendum utiles, veterum sapientum Hebraeorum, quas Pirke Avot [hebraice], Isny im Allgäu, 1541.
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Hebraica.- Fagius (Paul).- Sententiae vere elegantes, piae, mir(a)eque, cum ad linguam discendam, tum animum pietate excolendum utiles, veterum sapientum Hebraeorum, quas Pirke Avot [hebraice], first Latin edition, collation: ?4, a-t4, text in Hebrew and Latin, large printer's woodcut device on title and t4 verso, woodcut initials, early red ink marginal flourish to first word of title and to dedication, a few neat annotations and markings, seemingly all in the same hand, bookplates to front and rear pastedowns, modern red morocco-backed boards, rubbing to spine tips, a fine copy, small 4to (217 x 150mm.), Isny im Allgäu, Paul Fagius, 1541.
⁂ The second of seven works printed by the Hebrew scholar Fagius and his small press in Isny, Germany, between 1541 and 1542.
Provenance: John Ehrman (his Bibliotheca Broxbourniana bookplate to rear pastedown, sold his sale, Sotheby's London, 15 November 1977, lot 211).
Literature: VD 16 F 554.
Description
Hebraica.- Fagius (Paul).- Sententiae vere elegantes, piae, mir(a)eque, cum ad linguam discendam, tum animum pietate excolendum utiles, veterum sapientum Hebraeorum, quas Pirke Avot [hebraice], first Latin edition, collation: ?4, a-t4, text in Hebrew and Latin, large printer's woodcut device on title and t4 verso, woodcut initials, early red ink marginal flourish to first word of title and to dedication, a few neat annotations and markings, seemingly all in the same hand, bookplates to front and rear pastedowns, modern red morocco-backed boards, rubbing to spine tips, a fine copy, small 4to (217 x 150mm.), Isny im Allgäu, Paul Fagius, 1541.
⁂ The second of seven works printed by the Hebrew scholar Fagius and his small press in Isny, Germany, between 1541 and 1542.
Provenance: John Ehrman (his Bibliotheca Broxbourniana bookplate to rear pastedown, sold his sale, Sotheby's London, 15 November 1977, lot 211).
Literature: VD 16 F 554.
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