
Description
Synagoga Judaica, de Judaeorum Fide, Ritibus, Ceremoniis, tam Publicis & Sacris, quàm Privatis, in domestica vivendi ratione.
Basel, E. Konig, 1680
Size 4 by 6 3/4"
(32),779,(37)p.,
Engraved frontispiece, showing a circumcision scene
original overlapping vellum binding
Very good condition, some toning, foxing
Text in Latin
Johannes Buxtorf (1564 – 1629) was a celebrated Hebraist, member of a family of Orientalists; professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and was known by the title, "Master of the Rabbis".
His massive tome, De Synagoga Judaica (1st. ed. 1603), scrupulously documents the customs and society of German Jewry in the early modern period.
Buxtorf was the father of Johannes Buxtorf the Younger.
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1680 SYNAGOGA JUDAICA BUXTORF antique 17th CENTURY GERMAN JEWRY HISTORY vellum
Estimate $350-$400
Starting Price
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