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Lot #    17418
Auction End Date    3/13/2007 12:51:53 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Sive Compendium
Title (Hebrew)    קצור
Author    [Only Ed.] Johannes Bolezaeus
City    Paris
Publisher    Martinum Iuuenem (Martin Le Jeune)
Publication Date    1566
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition? 39 pp. folio 282:200 mm., wide margins, old hands, light age and damp staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary vellum over boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    Rare concise but comprehensive Hebrew grammar in Latin by Johannes Bolezaeus. The full title is Sive Compendium, quantacunque Ratione fieri potuit, ampliffimun, totius Linguae Sanctae. The pressmark on the title page is of a serpent coiled about a staff , which is held at the bottom by two hands. There is a Latin preface, followed by a nine column chart showing the numbers letters of the Hebrew alphabet inm square and cursive form with Hebrew and Latin names. Following pages show punctuation, rules of grammar in Latin, pages of conjugations, some entirely in Hebrew others with detailed Latin explanations. The compendium is a thorough and comprehensive introduction to Hebrew grammar.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
16th Century:    Checked
  
Location
France:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Grammer
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Latin, Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica