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Bidding Information
Lot #
4535
Auction End Date
4/29/2003 5:16:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Bibliotheca Hebraea
Author
[Bibliography - First Ed.] Johann Christoph Wolf
City
Hamburg - Leipzig
Publisher
Christiani Liebezeit
Publication Date
1715-33
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
4 volumes, quarto, 205:165 mm., usual light browning, titles in red and black. v.1: [6], 40, 1161, [33], 24 p., engraved plate of a library as frontpiece; v. 2: [10], 1484 p.; v. 3: [8], 1226, [60] p.; v.4: [14], 1226, [72] p., engraved portrait of Wolf as frontpiece. A near fine copy bound in uniform contemporary vellum.
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First edition of a rare work, a complete set has not come to auction since 1980.
Detailed
Description
A remarkable assemblage of Hebrew manuscripts and books, compiled by the scholar and theologian, Johann Christoph Wolf (1683-1739). Wolf studied under Fabricius and received his doctorate in philosophy at the age of 20. A fter research in the Netherlkands and England, notable in the Bodleian, he took the chair of oriental languages at Hamburg. Wolf himself amassed a magnificent libvrary of books and manuscripts, with particular emphasis on oriental and rabbinical studies, and a fine collection of autograph letters. This library he bequeathed to the city of Hamburg.
Reference
Description
Furst III, 529-30
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Listing Classification
Period
18th Century:
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Location
Germany:
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Subject
Bibliography:
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Characteristic
First Editions:
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Language:
Latin, Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
