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Lot #    24985
Auction End Date    10/27/2009 11:16:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Dictionarivm Veteris Testamenti
Title (Hebrew)    (Hebrew-Latin Dictionary)
Author    [First Ed.?] Johann Simonis
City    Halle Magdeburgicae
Publisher    Bierwirth
Publication Date    1752
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition. 72, 80 pp. octavo 205:117 mm., nice margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in modern cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    Hebrew-Chaldian-Latin dictionary prepared by the Christian-Hebraist Johann Simonis (1698-1768). The full title is Dictionarivm Veteris Testamenti: Hebraeo-Chaldaicvm, vt cvm Biblis Hebraicis manvalibvs compingi qvent hac Forma Editvm. The text immediately follows, in two columns. It is comprised of Hebrew terms, and their Latin equivalents. Related or derivative words are also given. For example, under Adam are four entries inaddition to adamah, adamdam, admoni, and dam, each with the equivalent Latin. In addition, often noted are parts of speech, gender, and whether plural or singular. At the end is Analysis et Expliciatio Lectionvm Masorethicarum, Kethibhan et Krijan . . . with separate pagination. The book has a number of attractive head and tail-pieces.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Holland:    Checked
  
Subject
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Latin, Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica