Hebraica.- Pagninus (Sanctes) Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ, first edition, [Paris], Robert Estienne, 1548.
Hebraica.- Pagninus (Sanctes) Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ, collation: *a-*i4 a-z, A-Z, aa-zz, AA-ZZ, aaa-zzz, AAA-ZZZ, Aa-Zz, AAa-ZZz, AAAa-KKKk4, text in Hebrew and Latin, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, outline of a hand in ink to final blank verso, AA1 upper corner torn with loss of a few letters, occasional marginal staining, some spotting, occasional light browning, new endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked (by a Mr. Harvey of the Bodleian, according to a pencil note to front pastedown), corners repaired, rubbed, thick 4to (232 x 158mm.), [Paris], Robert Estienne, [12 February, 1548].
⁂ First edition of Pagnini's translation and commentary on David ben Joseph Kimhi's Sefer ha-shorashim.
Provenance: Elizabeth Armstrong, Estienne scholar and bibliographer (book label).
Literature: Adams P37; Renouard, Estienne, 71:5.
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Hebraica.- Pagninus (Sanctes) Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ, collation: *a-*i4 a-z, A-Z, aa-zz, AA-ZZ, aaa-zzz, AAA-ZZZ, Aa-Zz, AAa-ZZz, AAAa-KKKk4, text in Hebrew and Latin, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, outline of a hand in ink to final blank verso, AA1 upper corner torn with loss of a few letters, occasional marginal staining, some spotting, occasional light browning, new endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked (by a Mr. Harvey of the Bodleian, according to a pencil note to front pastedown), corners repaired, rubbed, thick 4to (232 x 158mm.), [Paris], Robert Estienne, [12 February, 1548].
⁂ First edition of Pagnini's translation and commentary on David ben Joseph Kimhi's Sefer ha-shorashim.
Provenance: Elizabeth Armstrong, Estienne scholar and bibliographer (book label).
Literature: Adams P37; Renouard, Estienne, 71:5.