Hebraica.- Spencer (John) De legibus Hebraeorum ritualibus et earum rationibus, libri quatuor, 2 vol., engraved portrait by G.Vertue (browned), woodcut head- & tail-pieces, 5pp. list of subscribers, some browning, contemporary calf with decorative border in blind, spines gilt, rubbed, spine ends worn, Cambridge, University Press for C.Crownfield [& others], 1727 § Robertson (William) 'Otsar Lashon haQodesh [Hebrew]. Thesaurus linguae sanctae, first edition, first few leaves a little water-stained, near contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint split, lacking label, [Wing R1621], Samuel Roycroft...George Sawbridge, 1680, folio & 4to (3)
⁂ The first item is a pioneer study of comparative religion, first published in 1685, with much information of the rituals and laws of Jewish and other Semitic peoples.
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