List 81:
Christian Hebraists in the Netherlands
in the 17th
century and their interest in Maimonides.
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The authors in
this catalogue are mainly Dutch, German and English, but they all had their
books published in the Netherlands and most of them also lived and worked in
the Netherlands. The two Jewish authors mentioned, Menasseh ben Israel and
Spinoza, had a great influence on the Christian Hebraists. Menasseh ben Israel
was much read by protestant ministers, and Spinoza, who was banned from the
synagogue, had more liberal pupils. Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (see item 1) took
special attention from the Christian Hebraists as the standard classical text
on Jewish life in perfect Hebrew.
See: Aaron
L. Katchen, Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis. Seventeenth century
apologetics and the study of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah. Cambridge,
Harvard University Press, 1984.
Jacob Dienstag,
Christian translators of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah into Latin. In: S.W.
Baron Jubilee Volume, Jerusalem 1975 pp. 287-310.
2. BERTRAMUS,
BONAVENTURA (1531-1594). De Republica Ebraeorum recensitus commentarioque
illustratus opera Constant l'Empereur.
Leiden, Joann.
Maire, 1641. 16mo.
Cont. vellum, dam. [48], 452 pp. and index. Engr. titlepage. EUR 250.--
~ Originally published under the
title: De politia Judaica. L'Empereur quotes occasionally Maimonides in his
commentary.
3. BRAUN,
JOHANNES (1628-1708). Bigdei Kohanim id est Vestitus Sacerdotum
hebraeorum. Sive commentarius amplissimus Exodi cap.XXVIII ac XXIX & Levit.
cap. XVI [...] Editio ultima.
Amsterdam,
Joan. Wolters, 1701. 4to.
Cont.
blindstamped vellum. (72), 344, (4) pp. and 5 plates, (4), 345-756, 60 pp. and
16 plates. Engraved frontispiece. Tears in last few pages. Else fine copy. EUR
1,200.—
In the index of authors, there are more than 90 references to Maimonides
Johannes Braun, German by birth,
was a student of L'Empereur. In 1680 he succeeded Alting at the University of
Groningen and counted Schultens among his pupils. As theologian he was a
follower of Coccejus, as philosopher of Descartes. In the line of Coccejus and
Alting, he was called a `judaisant', which means that Jewish tradition became
part of his theology.
4. BRAUN,
JOHANNES. Selecta Sacra. Libri quinque.
Amsterdam,
Henr. Wetstenius, 1700. 4to.
Cont. vellum.
Engraved frontispiece, [32 lvs], 805 pp., [112 pp]. And 13 plates, partly folded. EUR 1,500.—
~ This work was originally
published as 41 disputations. A list of the participants is given at the
beginning of the work. In the index of authors, for Maimonides 47 references.
5. BYNAEUS,
ANTONIUS (1654-1698). De calceis Hebraeorum libri duo [...] Accedit ejusdem
somnium.
Dordrecht,
Theod. Goris, 1715, . 4to.
Old vellum.
[18],266 pp. and indices; [6],24 pp. And 6 plates. With 6 illustrations in the
text. EUR 300.--
~ In the index
autorum, for Maimonides 8 references
6. COCCEJUS,
JOHANNES (1603-1669). Duo Tituli Thalmudici Sanhedrini et Maccoth. Quorum
ille agit de Synedriis, judiciis, suppliciis capitulibus Ebraeorum. Hic de
poena falsi testimonii, exsilio et asylis, flagellatinae: Excerptis utriusque
Gemara.
Amsterdam, Apud
Joh. Janssonium, typis Fred. Heynsi, Franeker, 1629. 4to.
Modern leather.
[32], 440 pp. Final leaf dam. with slight loss of text. Owners' names on title.
Librarystamp on verso title. Some pages stained. EUR 650.—
~ With dedication by Amama, to
consuls and senators in Bremen and to Matthias Martinius, professor at the
gymnasium in Bremen. In his commentary on the mishnaic texts, Coccejus refers
to Rabbi Isaac ibn Gabbai and on the commentaries of Maimonides and Obadiah
Bertinoro. Johannes Coccejus studied Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish and Talmud in
Bremen and Hamburg. In 1626 he came to Franeker as orientalist, where he met
Amama. 1630: Professor in Bremen. 1636: Pofessor in Franeker. 1650: Professor
in Leiden till his death in 1669.
7. CODDAEUS,
GULIELMUS (1575-1625) (ed.). Hoseas propheta, Ebraice & Chaldaice.
Hosea with Latin translation by Santes Pagninus; with the Aramaic Targum
Yonatan, Hebrew commentaries of Rashi, Abraham Ibn Ezra and David Kimchi with
Latin transl. by Johannes Mercerus, ed. with notes by Gulielmus Coddaeus.
Leiden, Typis
Raphelengianis, 1631. 4to.
Cont.vellum.
(8), 255, (28) pp. EUR 650.—
~ Fuks 32. 'In
eorum omnia gratiam qui scripta Rabbinorum cupiunt intellegere' (on title
page).
8. COMPIEGNE
DE VEIL, LUDOVICUS DE (1637-?). R. Mosis Majemonide, De sacrificiis Liber
Docesserunt Abarbanelis Exordium, seu prooemium commentariorum in Leviticum: et
mejemonidae tractatus de consecratione Calendarum et de ratione intercalandi.
Quae ex Hebraeo convertit in sermonem latinum et notis illustravit.
London, Typis
Milonis Flesher, 1683. 4to.
Or. vellum,
soiled. [16], 450 pp. EUR 800.--
~ See Roth, Magna Bibliotheca p.
330. Vinograd, London 17. Steinschneider 5302/9
9. CRAMER,
JOH. JAC. (1671-1702). Mizbach `Oleh. Seu de ara exteriore templi
secundi exercitationes philologicae. Ubi ea ex auctoribus hebraeis exponitur...
Leiden, Jord.
Luchtmans, 1697. 4to.
Or. vellum.
[20],198,[10] pp. And 1 plate. EUR 450.—
~ Dissertation at the university of Leiden. Rare. See Dachs, Massekhet
Sukkah.
11. CUNAEUS,
PETRUS (1586-1638. De republica Hebraeorum. Editio novissima.
Leiden, Ex
officina Elzeviriana, 1632. 16mo.
Cont. leather,
stained and worn. (24), 503 pp. At the end some slight waterstaining. EUR
300.--
~ Not in Fuks. Contains biblical
texts in Hebrew characters. Petrus Cunaeus, student at the university of Leiden
since 1601. In 1603 he travelled to England. Afterwards he continued his
studies at Leiden under Scaliger and Daniel Heinsius. In 1605 he went to
Franeker to study Hebrew with Drusius until 1608. In 1611 he became professor
of Latin in Leiden. In 1615 he acquired a set of 1574 Venice editions of the Mishneh
Torah from his friend Johannes Boreel (1577-1629). In 1617 he published his
De republica Hebraeorum based on older books with the same title by
Sigonio and Bertram, but much enriched by the influence of Maimonides. It was
the most popular book of the Hebraeists in the Netherlands, read by the
orthodox Calvinists and the more liberal `Remonstranten'. The republic of the
ancient Hebrews was seen as a model for the Dutch republic
12. DACHS,
FRID. BERN. (ed.). Massekhet Sukkah me-Talmud Bavli (Hebrew text of
the Mishna, Latin translation and extensive commentary).
Utrecht, Gijsb.
a Paddenburg, 1726.
Modern leather.
(16), 580, (14) pp. 4to. EUR 500.--
~ The author F.B. Dachs from
Bern, was probably connected with the Academy of Utrecht when he wrote the
present work. He dedicated it a.o. to three professors of Utrecht: F.A. Lampe,
H.S. van Alphen and David Mill. He inserted in his work extensive notes by J.J.
Cramer, a Swiss theologian, who died at the age of 29 in 1702. At the end
"Dissertatio typico-prophetica ad locum Zachar XIV:16".
14. DRUSIUS,
JOHANNES (1550-1616). Ad loca difficiliora Pentateuchi id est Quinque
Librorum Mosis commentarius. [...] Opus posthumum.
Franeker,
Excudebat Fredericus Heynsius, 1617. 4to.
Modern leather.
[16],619 pp. and index. Some browning. Slight marginal worming. EUR 550.--
~ Fuks, 113
15. DRUSIUS,
JOHANNES. 4 works in 1 volume.1) Observationum libri XII. In quis varia
variorum auctorum loca partim corriguntur, partim explicantur. Antwerp,
Aegidius Radaeus (Gillis van den Rade, 1584. 285,[17], [2 blank] pp. With
device on title.
2) Esthera. Ex
interpretatione S. Pagnini. I. Drusii in eam annotationes. Additiones
Apocryphae ab eodem in Latinum sermonem cunersae, & scholijs illustratae. Leiden, Jan Paets, 1586. [XV],207,[1
blank] pp.
3) Animadversionum
libri duo. In quibus praetuer dictionem Ebraicam plurima loca Scripturae,
interpretumque vetrum explicantur, emendantur. Leiden Jan Paets, 1585. 2 parts,
1 vol. 79,[1],86,[2] pp.
8vo.
Blindstamped, green-painted vellum, originally a manuscript. Worn. Some old
underlinings and marginal glosses. Few minor stains. EUR 3,500.--
17. DRUSIUS,
JOHANNES. Proverbia Ben-Sirae [Hebrew, Latin translation and notes].
[Together
with:]
Adagiorum
ebraicarum, decuriae aliquot.
Franeker, 1597.
4to.
19th cent.
leather. [8],122 pp. Tiny wormholes and traces of use. EUR 1,800.--
~ Fuks, Hebrew typography, nr. 92.
18. DRUSIUS,
JOHANNES. De sectis iudaicis commentarii. [...] Accessit denuò Iosephi
Scaligeri, Elenchus trihaeresii eiusdem. Ed. by Sixtinus Amama.
Arnhem, Joh.
Jansonius, Typis Fred. Heynsii, 1619.
Modern
hleather. (8 lvs), 460 pp. Old owner's inscription on title, occasional light
staining. 3 blank leaves (31-32; 461-464) lacking. 4to. EUR 700.--
~ Fuks 114. Posthumous
publication edited by his successor S. Amama. Partly first edition. In the
first section De Hasidaeic Hebrew text with Latin translation of Josippon ch.
29. Joh. Jansonius was the father of the Amsterdam publisher with the same
name, who also published some hebraic works. The first Hebraic book published
in Arnhem (Freimann, p. 15).
19. DRUSIUS,
JOHANNES. Commentarius in prophetas minores. [Ed. by Sixtus Amama].
Amsterdam,
Henr. Laurentius, 1629. 4to.
Modern cloth.
[16],1068 pp. Librarystamp on verso titlepage. EUR 1,350.--
20. ESGERS,
JOANNES (ed.) (1696-1755). Rabbi Moshe bar Maimon. Hilchot Shekalim.
Id est R. Mosis Maimonidis, Constitutiones de Siclis (Hebrew text, Latin
translation and notes).
Leiden, Petrus
van der Aa, 1718. 4to.
Modern hcloth.
(8), 146, (6) pp. Some marginal waterstains. EUR 650.--
~ Fuks 75.The work has been
dedicated to Wilh. Surenhusius, who was teacher of Hebrew at the Athenaeum in
Amsterdam from 1704 till 1729. Esgers was his pupil. See Steinschneider,
Christl. Hebraisten, nr. 175
21. GENTIUS,
GEORGIUS (ed.) (1618-1687). Hilkhot De`ot. Sive Canones Ethici R.
Moseh Meimonides, Hebraeorum sapientissimi. (Hebrew text with Latin translation
and notes). Ed. by Georgius Gentius.
Amsterdam, Joh.
& Corn. Blaeu, 1640. 4to.
Modern
hleather. (20), 160, 4 pp. First and last pages repaired. Some slight folding
of top edge. EUR 750.--
~ Fuks nr.201. With approvals of
Isaac Aboab and Mose Aguilar and under patronage of Gerebr. Anslo, supporter of
Menasseh ben Israel. Preface to the reader in Latin and Hebrew and with a
Hebrew poem by Isaac Aboab. Georgius Gentius, born in Saxony in 1611, became in
1638 a student of oriental languages at the university of Leiden under Golius
and L'Empereur. He studied also with Menasseh ben Israel in Amsterdam, who
invited him to complete the Latin translation of Ibn Verga's Shevet Yehuda,
which he himself had begun (See Katchen, Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis,
p. 247-248).
22. [GENTIUS,
GEORGIUS.] - IBN VERGA, SOLOMON. Historia judaica. Res Judaeorum ab eversa
aede Hierosolymitana ad haec fere tempora usque complexa. De Hebraeo in Latinum
versa à Georgio Gentio.
Amsterdam, apud
Petrum Niellium, 1651. Small 4to.
Or. vellum.
(16), 464 pp. Titlepage repaired and damaged without loss of text. Ex library
copy. EUR 650.--
~ First publ. in Adrianopolis
1554, one of Ibn Verga's sources where the letters of Maimonides, in particular
Iggeret Teman. Why Menasseh ben Israel was not mentioned by Gentius in
his introduction, remains difficult to explain.
23. HEIDEGGER,
JOH. HENR. (1633-1698). Rashei Avoth. Sive de historia sacra
patriarcharum. Exercitationes Selectae.
Amsterdam,
Petrus le Grand, 1667.
Or. vellum,
slightly dam.[8],764 pp. Wormhole. Still very good.EUR 650.--
~ In the index auctorum for
Maimonides 8 references. Heidegger, Swiss theologian and hebraist. In 1659-1665
he visited a number of Dutch theologians. In 1667 he followed Hottinger as
professor in Zürich.
24. HOORNBEEK,
JOHANNES (1617-1666). Teshuvat Yehudah sive pro convincendis et
convertendis Judaeis libri octo.
Leiden, Petrus
Leffen, 1655. 4to.
Cont.
blindstamped leather, worn. (8), 578, (12) pp. occasional light staining. EUR
800.--
25. HOTTINGER,
JOH.CONR. Hilkhot Ma'asserot. Seu Commentarius philologicus de
Decimis Judaeorum. [With a preface of Adr. Relandus.].
Leiden, Isaac
Severinus, 1713. 4to.
Cont.vellum.
(20), 253, (11) pp. With engr. frontispiece by F. Bleiswijk. EUR 500.--
~ Joh.Conr. Hottinger was a
grand-grandson of Joh. Heinrich, who was invited to be the successor of J.
Hoornbeek in 1666 as professor of Judaic Studies at the Univ. of Leiden.
Relandus states in his preface, that Hottinger rightly bases his treatment of
the subject on rabbinic sources and not on Christian theology. This was also
Relandus' method in his study of the Antiquitates Hebraicae.
26. HOTTINGER,
JOH. HENR. EX HENRICUS NEPOS (1681-1750). Discursus Gemaricus de incestu
[...]. Ex codice Chagigah cap. II.
Leiden, 1704.
4to.
Modern cloth.
[22],134 pp. and index. Final leaf of Index after letter O lacking. EUR 250.--
~ Hebrew text with Latin
translation. With commentary. Dissertation at the university of Leiden. Rare.
See Lüthi, Hebr. in der Schweiz, p. 33
27. HOUTING,
HENR. Massekhet Rosh ha-Shanah. Tractatus Talmudicus de festo novi
anni ac caldendarium consecrationeitemque Maimonides, De Synedriis &
Poenis. Accedunt variantes ad Maimonidem lectiones. Uterque ex Hebraeo in
Latinum Versus & Prior Notis Illustratus.
Amsterdam, apud
Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom, 1695. 4to.
Or. vellum.
[6],156,174 pp. Owner's inscription: Samuel Clark.EUR 750.--
~ Houting, living in Amsterdam, most probably stayed in contact with
Surenhusius.
28. L'EMPEREUR,
CONSTANTIN (1591-1648). Massekhet Middot me-Talmud Bavli. Hoc est
Talmudi Babylonici codex Middoth sive De Mensuris Templi... (Hebrew text of the
Mishna with Latin translation and extensive commentary.
Leiden, Bonav.
& Abr. Elzevir, 1630.
Modern cloth.
[40],194 pp. And indices. One folded plate (floorplan of the Temple of
Jerusalem). EUR 400.--
~ Constantin l'Empereur was from
1619 to 1627 Professor of Hebrew and theology in Harderwijk. In 1627 he
succeeded Erpenius in Leiden as Professor of Hebrew. His inaugural lecture:
"On the worth and usefulness of the Hebrew language". He placed
himself in the tradition of Reuchlin.
29. L'EMPEREUR,
CONSTANTIN. Don Yitschak Abrabanel we-R. Moshe Alshech `al ha- Nevu'ah.
[The commentary of Isaac Abrabanel and Moshe Alshech on the prophecy of Jesaia
about the sufferings of the "Servant of the Lord" (Jes. 52,13 -
53,12, with abstracts from the Yalkut Shimoni. Hebrew texts edited with a
commentary in Latin, by Constantin l'Empereur). [16],291,13 pp.]
[Together
with:] MOSES KIMCHI, Mahalakh Shevile ha-Da`at, `Im Perus R. Eliah
(Hebrew grammar with commentary by Elia Levita and an introduction by Benjamin
ben Jehuda). Edited with Latin notes by Constantin L'Empereur.
Leiden, ex
officina Bonav. et Abr. Elzevir, 1631.
8vo. Old
boards. (16),256,(16) pp. EUR 850.--
~ Fuks 46: Particularly Is.
Abarbanel's exegesis is a clearly anti- Christian work, in which the author
consciously attacks the Christian messianic doctrine. This may explain, why
L'Empereur did not provide a Latin translation of the Hebrew text and limited
himself to a refutation in his own commentary. See Van Rooden p. 168-169. And:
Fuks 47: StBH 1051/16. L'Empereur edited this classic Hebrew grammar by Kimchi
as a textbook for his students. He felt that a grammarbook in Hebrew was more
suitable than a Latin one (Van Rooden, p.186)
30. L'EMPEREUR,
CONSTANTIN. Perush `al Daniel. Paraphrasis Dn. Iosephi Iachiadae in
Danielem. (Hebrew text of Daniel with commentary of Joseph ibn Yachya, with
Latin translation and refutation by Constantinus L'Empereur).
Amsterdam,
Johannes Janssonius, Typis Wilhelmi Christiani (Leyden), 1633. 4to.
Modern
hleather. (48),268,(19) pp. Title page repaired. EUR 600.--
~ StCH 5934/3; Fuks 195
31. L'EMPEREUR,
CONSTANTIN (ed.). 2 works in one volume. Halikhot Olam 'im Mevo
ha-Gemara sive Clavis Talmudica ... (Talmudic methodology. Hebrew text with
Latin translation) Ed. by Constantin L'Empereur. Leiden, Ex officina
Elseviriorum, 1634. (40), 232, (24) pp. Some stains on title.
Bound with:
IBN YACHYA, Perush `al Daniel. (Hebrew text of Daniel with
commentary of Joseph ibn Yachya, with Latin translation and refutation by
Constantinus L'Empereur). Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, Typis Wilhelmi
Christiani, 1633. (48),268,(19) pp.
4to (15x19 cm).
Cont.vellum, soiled.EUR 850.--
~ Fuks 50. StCB 5817/7. Shortly
before publication of this work, the author was appointed by the University of
Leiden as "Controversiarum Judaicarum Professor". With this title the
author presents himself on the title page of Halikhot Olam, which he
dedicated to the curators of the University. For the second work see Fuks 195.
32. L'EMPEREUR,
CONSTANTIN (ed.). Baba Kamma me-Massekhet Nezikim. De legibus
Ebraeorum forensibus (Tractate Bava Kamma, Hebrew text, Latin translation and
commentary).
Leiden, ex
officina Elzeviriorum, 1637. 4to.
Modern leather.
(48), 306, (21) pp. occasional staining. EUR 350.--
~ Fuks nr. 51. L'Empereur, who
was probably assisted by a Jewish teacher, made full use in his commentary of
the Gemarah and later rabbinic works such as the Mishneh Torah, Rashi,
Bertinoro and the Turim. His edition of Baba Kamma is his last work and shows
the high level he had reached in Rabbinic studies. He intended to publish also
the other two Baba-tractates, but as the demand was extremely small for these
works the publishers refused to publish them. See P.T. van Rooden, Theology,
biblical scholarship and rabbinical studies in the 17th cent. (1989) p.128-131
33. [LA
PEYRERE, ISAAC (1594-1676).] - 1) Praeadamitae sive exercitatio super
versibus duodecimo, decimotertio & decimoquarto capitis quinti Epistolae D.
Pauli ad Romanos. Quibus inducuntur primi homines ante Adamum conditi. (4), 52
pp. 2) Systema Theologicum ex Prae-adamitarum Hypothesi. Pars prima. Anno
Salutis 1655.
(Amsterdam),
(Elzevir).
Cont.vellum,
soiled. (16), 297, (p.298 blank), 8 pp. And 1 plate (map). Slightly browning.
4to. Final section called: Synagogis Iudaeorum universis (8 pp.). EUR 3,000.--
~ First edition. Willems 1181.
Isaac La Peyrère, French calvinist theologian of Marrano background, published
in 1643 anonymously Du rappel des Juifs, which was influential in the
millenarian circle of Menasseh ben Israel. His second work on the Preadamites,
connected with the first, remained unpublished until he met in Brussels
Christina of Sweden, who urged him to go to Holland and to publish the work on
her expenses. Also Menasseh visited Christina in Brussels, learned about the
book and rushed to Amsterdam to tell the Millenenarians that the coming of the
Messiah was imminent. When La Peyrère arrived with the manuscript "he fell
into a crowd of publishers", who wanted to publish the work. In 1655 five
editions were published, three of which by Elzevir. Though published
anonymously, the authorship was easily recognized. Condemnations and
refutations began to appear shortly. See R.H. Popkin, Isaac la Peyrère (1987),
p. 13-14. A copy of this first quarto edition was in the library of Spinoza.
(Catalogus van de boekerij nr. 52)
34. [LA
PEYRERE, ISAAC.] - Praeadamitae sive exercitatio super versibus duodecimo,
decimotertio & decimoquarto, capitis quinti Epistolae D. Pauli ad Romanos. And:
Systema theologicum ex praeadamitarum hypothesi. Pars prima. And:
Synagogis Iudaeorum universis.
[Amsterdam],
[Elzevir], 1655. 12mo.
Cont.leather,
worn.70, and 1 fold. map after 68;(2),(14),317;7 pp. light browning. EUR 800.--
35. [LA
PEYRERE, ISAAC.] - 1. Eusebius
Romanus (Philippe le Prieur). Animadversiones in librum Praeadamitarum.
(Amsterdam, Blaeu) 1656. 12mo. (4), CXV, 689, (2) errata.
2 J. Pythius.
Responsio exetastica ad tractatum, incerto autore, nuper editum, cui titulus
Preadamitae libri duo. Leiden, Joh. Elsevir 1656. 12mo. (16),414 pp.
3. Ant.
Hulsius, Non-ens prae-adamiticum sive confutatio vani & socinizantis
cujusdam somnii quo S. Scripturae praetextu incautioribus nuper imponere
conatus est quidam Anonymus fingens Ante Adamum primum homines fuisse in mundo.
Leiden, Joh. Elsevir, 1656. (12), 107 pp.
3 works in one
volume. 12mo. Cont. vellum. EUR 850.--
36. LEUSDEN,
JOHANNES (1624-1699). Compendium Biblicum. Editio tertia.
Leiden,
Jordanus Luchtmans, 1685. 8vo.
Modern
decorative hleather. [4],180 lvs. Fine. EUR 200.--
37. LIGHTFOOT,
JOHN (1602-1675). Opera omnia: Hac nova editione operibus ejusdem
posthumis... [Ed. by Johannes Leusden]. Vol. 2 only. Franeker, 1699. Folio.
Or. vellum.
[14],94 pp. and index; 202 pp. and index. One folding map of Jerusalem in the
first century. Titlepage repaired. EUR 450.--
~ Contents: 1] Harmonia chronica
et ordo Novi Testamenti. 2] Horae hebraicae et talmudicae. 3]. Opera posthuma.
First and only ed.
38. MENASSEH
BEN ISRAEL (1604-1657). De resurrectione mortuorum libri III.
Amsterdam,
typis et sumptibus auctoris, 1636.
Vellum. 352 pp.
Titlepage mounted. EUR 1,500.--
39. MENASSEH
BEN ISRAEL. De termino vitae: libri tres. Amsterdam, 1639. 12mo.
Cont. vellum.
[16], 238, 2, 26, 12 pp. Librarystamp: College Library London. Good copy EUR
1,500.--
40. MENASSEH
BEN ISRAEL. Sefer nishmat hayim.
Amsterdam, S.
Abrabanel Soeiro, 1651. Small 4to.
Cont. leather,
both covers with central blindst. mirror ornament. Rebacked. [366] pp., Broad
architectural woodcut title-border with letterpress text. Some staining.
EUR 2,000.--
41. MEYER,
JOHANNES (1651-1725?). Yamim Tovim. Sive diatribe de origine et
caussis festorum... (Treatise on the origin and the motives of Jewish holidays
with notes on More Nebuchim and on Spencer's De legibus ritualibus
Hebraeorum).
Amsterdam, Joh.
Wolters, 1693. 8vo.
Modern leather.
(6), 414 pp. EUR 450.--
~ Not in Fuks, though containing
substantial passages in Hebrew type. Joh. Meyer was professor of Orientalism at
the univ. of Harderwijk.
42. MEYER,
JOHANNES. Seder Olam Rabba we Seder Olam Suta. Sive chronicon
Hebraeorum majus et minus. Latine vertit et commentario perpetuo illustravit.
Amsterdam,
Joann. Wolters, 1699. 4to.
Old vellum,
rebacked. From the right to the left. [24],1284 pp. Some wormholes in the last
few pages. EUR 750.--
~ See Fuks 614. Maimonides "cit. saepissime" in Index Autorum
43. NICOLAI,
JOHANNIS (1665-1708). Libri IV. De Sepulchris Hebraeorum.
Leiden, Henr.
Teering, 1706.
Or. leather,
back repaired. [16],285 pp. And 10 plates. A few illustrations in the text. One
tear. some pages: text browned. Still good. EUR 350.--
~ At the end: Quorundam librorum
quos Henr. Teering vel ipse typis mandavit vel quorum major ipsi copia suppetit
(2 pp.).
44. NICOLAI,
JOHANNIS. Tractatus de Synedrio Aegyptiorum.
Leiden, Henr.
Teering, 1711. 8vo.[12],248 pp. and index. And 2 plates. EUR 200.--
45. OUTRAM,
WILLIAM (1626-1679). De sacrificiis libri duo; quorum altero explicantur
omnia Judaeorum, nonnulla gentium profanarum Sacrificia: Altero Sacrificium
Christi.
London, Typis
T. Roycroft, 1677. 4to.
Modern cloth.
[16],372 pp. and index. Ex libris on verso titlepage. EUR 300.--
~ Contains many Hebrew quotations from Maimonides.
46. OUTRAM,
WILLIAM. De sacrificiis libri duo; quorum altero explicantur omnia
Judaeorum, nonnulla gentium profanarum Sacrificia: Altero Sacrificium Christi.
Amsterdam, Abr.
van Someren, 1685. 8vo.
Or. vellum,
soiled. [12], 344 pp. and index. EUR 200.--
47. POCOCKE,
EDWARD (ed.) (1604-1691). Epistulae
Quatuor, Petri secunda, Johannis secunda et tertia, et Judae, fratris Jacobi,
una. Ex celleberimae Bodleianae MS exemplaris nunc primum depromptae, et charactere
Hebraeo, versione Latino, notisque quibusdam insignitae (Syriac text, Hebrew
version, Latin and Greek).
Leiden, Bonav.
et Abr. Elzevir, 1630. 4to.
Modern
hleather, slightly dam. [8],66 pp. Some waterstaining. Handwritten Ex Libris:
Danielis Hamiltaon Anno Domini 1702. Cont. handwritten notes in margin. EUR
275.--
~ Edward Pococke, educated in
Oxford. English chaplain at Aleppo 1630-1635. Here he perfected his knowledge
of Arabic and collected a large number of Manuscripts. He took an active part in
the preparation of Walton's Polyglott Bible (1657).
48. POCOCKE,
EDWARD. Bav Mosai. Porta Mosis, sive, dissertationes aliquot a R.
mose maimonide, suis in varias Mishnaioth ... commentariis praemissae ... Nunc
primum Arabice ... et Latine editae ... opera et studio Edvardi Pocockii. 2
parts in 1 vol.
Oxford, H. Hall
for R. Davis, 1655. 4to.
Modern leather.
[24],355,[1blank]; [4],436,[28] pp. Titlepage: slightly soiled, owner's
inscription. EUR 2,500.--
~ This annotated edition of six
sections of Maimonides' commentary on the Mishnah, with the Arabic text in
Hebrew characters and a Latin translation, was the first Hebrew book printed in
Oxford and at the University's expense. It may be considered the first fruit of
Oxford hebrew scholarship in its full sense. Pococke's correspondence with John
Selden regarding the publication of this work also throws some light on
Pococke's contacts with Jacob Romano of Constantinople, who supplied him with
hebrew books (Cf. C. Roth, Studies in books and booklore, pp. 31-35)
51. RELAND,
ADRIAN. De spoliis templi hierosolymitani in arcu Titiano Romae conspicuis.
Utrecht, Will.
Broedelet, 1716. 8vo.
Old leather,
rebacked. (4), 138, (26) pp. With 7 engr. plates of which some folded. First
largest folded plate dam. Occasional staining. EUR 350.--
~ An early study on the objects
represented on the Arch of Titus, in particular the Menorah. The plates depict
different forms of the ancient Menorah.
52. RELAND,
ADRIAN. Antiquitates Sacrae Veterum Hebraeorum breviter delineatae. Editio
tertia.
Utrecht, Ex
Libraria Guilielmi Broedelet, 1717. Small 8vo.
Or. vellum.
(8), 548 pp. and index. Engr.
frontispiece. Library-stamp on titlepage. EUR 300.--
53. RELAND,
ADRIAN. Analecta Rabbinica. Editio secunda.
Utrecht, ex
libraria Jacobi à Podsum et Jacobi Broedelet, 1723. 8vo.
Cont. vellum,
repaired. (2), (44), 14, 194, 96, 144, 185 pp. with engr. portrait. Uncut. EUR
650.--
~ This "textbook" for
the study of rabbinics contains the following: Genebrardus, Isagoge rabbinica;
Cellarius, Rabbinismus sive institutio grammatica rabbinorum; Drusius, De particulis
chaldaicis, syriacis, thalmudicis et rabbinicis. Index commentariorum
rabbinicorum in sacrum codicem e libro Siftei Yeshenim; Vitae celeb. rabbinorum
qui in sacrum codicem scripserunt.. conscriptae a Julio Bartoloccio;
commentarius R. Dav. Kimchi in aliquot Psalmos Davidicos.. in sermonem latinum
versi ab Ambr. Janvier (with the Hebrew text).
54. RHENFERD,
JACOB (1654-1712). Opera philologica, dissertationibus exquisitissimi
argumenti constantia. Accedunt orationes duae...
Utrecht, Apud
Guilielmum vande Water, 1722. 4to.
Cont.vellum.
[46], 957, 19 pp. Titlepage in red and black. EUR 800.--
~ Collected works edited by
David Millius. Among them: De stylo apocalypseos cabbalistico; Rudimenta
grammaticae harmonicae linguarum orientalum. StBH 1678. Jacob Rhenferd, a pupil
of Jacob Alting was professor of Hebrew in Franeker from 1682-1712
55. SELDEN,
JOHANNES (1584-1654). De successionibus ad leges Ebraeorum in bona
defunctorum liber singularis. In Pontificatum libri duo. Editio ultima. (First
edition 1631).
Leiden, Ex
officina Elseviriorum, 1638. 12mo.
Cont. leather.
(60),428 pp. Gilt edges. EUR 250.--
~ Contains substantial passages in Hebrew print. Not in Fuks.
56. SELDEN,
JOHANNES. [2 works in 1 volume]. De jure naturali et gentium juxta
disciplinam Ebraeorum libri septem. Accessit novae huic editioni index
accuratus. Strasbourg, sumptibus Societatis, 1665. 2 leaves (engr. frontispiece
and title), 20 leaves, 892, (28) pp. and 7 engr. plates. First leaves waterstained.
Uxor
ebraica...Ejusdem De successionibus ad leges Ebraeorum in bona defunctorum,
liber singularis in Pontificatum libri duo. Editio nova.
Frankfurt a.d.
Oder, sumptibus Jer. Schrey. Excudit Andr. Becinanus, 1673. (2), 248, (12) pp.
12 leaves, 456, (14) pp.
4to.
Cont.vellum, soiled. EUR 600.--
~ Cfr. Fürst III, p. 309.
57. SELDEN,
JOHANNES. De synedriis et praefecturis juridicis veterum Ebraeorum libri
tres. Editio ultima priori correctior.
Amsterdam, Joh.
a Someren, Henr. and Theod. Boom, 1679.
Modern
hleather. (16), 361, (7), 428, (12), 266, (12) pp. Traces of use. 4to. EUR
500.--
~ Not in Fuks.
59. SIGONIUS,
CAROLUS (1520-1584). De republica Hebraeorum. Libri VII. Ad Gregorium XIII
pontificem maximum. Cum Indice rerum & verborum locupletiss.
Frankfurt,
1583. 8vo.
Or. vellum. 393
pp. and Index. Bit loose, still good copy. EUR 350.--
~ First edition.
60. SIGONIUS, CAROLUS. De Republica
Hebreorum.
Middelburg,
1678. 16mo.
Cont. leather.
566,[50] pp. Engr. titlepage. Very good. EUR 250.--
~ Contains Sigonio's dedication to Pope Gregorius XIII, from 1583.
61. SIGONIUS,
CAROLUS. De republica Ebraeorum libri VII. Variis annotationibus &
antiquitatibus Veteris ac Novi Testamenti in theologia maximè necessariis
illustrati, & ab erroribus, quibus hactenus scatuerunt, purgati, in lucem
editi à Johanne Nicolai.
Helmstedt,
Georg-Wolfgang Hamm, 1686. 4to.
Modern
hleather. (8), 546, (22) pp. EUR 300.--
~ Fürst III, p. 322, not the present edition.
62. SPENCER,
JOHN (1630-1693). De legibus Hebraeorum ritualibus et earum rationibus.
Libri Tres. Cambridge, Richard Chiswel, 1685. Folio.
Cont. leather,
repaired. [16],1051 pp. EUR 500.--
~ First edition.
63. SPENCER,
JOHN. De legibus hebraeorum ritualibus earumque rationibus libri quatuor.
Praemittitur Christ. Matth. Pfaffii, Dissertatio praeliminaris qua de vita
Spenceri, de libri pretio & erroribus quoque disseritur. Autoresque, qui
contra Spencerum scripsere, enarrantur.
Den Haag,
Arnold Leers, 1686. 4to.
Cont.vellum.
[40],2,475,32 pp; 504,[20] pp. EUR 400.--
~ This work laid the foundations
of the science of comparative religion. Spencer maintained the opinion that
many Jewish laws and customs could be linked with those of other semitic
peoples. The work is based much on Maimonides.
64. SPINOZA,
BENEDICTUS (1632-1677). Opera posthuma, quorum series post praefationem
exhibetur.
N.pl. (Amsterdam),
1677. 4to.
Cont.vellum,
some traces of use. (40),614,(34),112, (8) pp. Librarystamps on title. Traces
of use. A good copy. EUR 10,000.--
~ Containing Ethica, Politica, De emendatione Intellectus, Epistolae, Compendium grammaticae linguae Hebraeae. Van der Linde, nr. 22; Kingma-Offenberg nr.24. Contemp. handwritten corrections in the text according to the list at the end of the book. According to H.A. Wolfson, `The philosophy of Spinoza (1934)', Maimonides was one of the three philosophers who had a dominant influence on Spinoza's philosophy. In the index of references. he presents more than 200 references to Moreh Nebukim. Spinoza had a copy of this work in his library, Venice 1551. Wolfson mentions also 5 monographs on the relationship between Spinoza and Maimonides (see p.19)
65. SPINOZA.
Tractatus theologico-politicus.
Hamburg
(=Amsterdam), apud Henricum Künrath, 1670. Small 4to.
Cont.calf,
rebacked. (12), 233, (1) pp. Contemp. handwritten note on titlepage: auctore
Benedicto Spinoza. A good copy. EUR 5,000.--
~ Kingma-Offenberg, nr.5. The second edition, probably published in 1672, a date which appears in some copies of this edition.
66. SURENHUSIUS,
GUILELMUS (1666-1729). Sefer ha-Meshaweh. Biblos katallages in quo
secundum veterum theologorum hebraeorum formulas allegandi et modos
interpretandi conciliantur loca ex V. in N.T. allegata.
Amsterdam,
Johannes Boom, 1713. 4to.
Cont.vellum.
back damaged. (24), 712 pp. pp. 261-264 misbound. Inside fine copy. EUR 300.--
~ Surenhusius, professor of
orientalism at the Atheneum Illustre at Amsterdam, edited the Mishnah with
commentaries of Maimonides and Obadja Berlinosoro and Latin translation (6
vols. Amsterdam 1698-1703). He intended to publish a similar edition of Maimonides'
Mishneh Torah. A fine edition of the Hebrew text was published in Amsterdam in
1702.
67. VITRINGA,
CAMPEGIUS (1659-1722). Sacrarum observationum libri duo. Franeker, Johan
Gijselaar, 1689. And: Sacrarum observationum liber tertius.
Franeker, Joh. Gijselaar,
1691. 16x20 cm.
Cont. leather,
worn. Rebacked. [48],225,[8],266, [24],[16],411,[16] pp. Some browning, 1 lv.
dam with slight loss of text. 1 plate (p. 121). Owner's insciption on
titlepage. EUR 450.--
~ Important collection of essays
on biblical and rabbinic subjects. Parts 2 and 3 published for the first time.
The first part contains one engr. plate by De Blois, representing the 10
sephirot (p. 121). Many Hebrew quotations, some from Maimonides.
68. VITRINGA,
CAMPEGIUS. Observationum Sacrarum Libri quintus & sextus.
Franeker, Ex
Officina Wibii Bleck, 1708. 4to (17x21.5cm).
Cont.vellum.
(18), 531, (21) pp. A few waterstains. EUR 300.--
69. VITRINGA,
CAMPEGIUS. De synagoga vetere libri tres: Quibus tum De nominibus,
structura, origine, praefectis, ministri, & sacris synagogarum, aitur; tum
praecipue, formam regiminis & minsterii earum in ecclesiam christianam
translatum esse, demonstratur: cum prolegomenis.
Franeker,
Johannis Gyzelaar, 1696. 4to.
Cont.hvellum.
Engr. frontispiece, [30], 1138 pp. and Indices. Fine copy. EUR 750.--
* Many Hebrew quotations,
partly from Maimonides.
70. VITRINGA,
CAMPEGIUS. Commentarius in librum prophetiarum Jesaiae. 2 vols.
Leeuwarden,
Henricus Halma, 1724. Folio.
Cont. leather,
rebacked. [4], 22, 958 pp. And indices. Preliminary: Literary price for
Ahasuerum Francken, Noviomagensi 1805. EUR 700.--
71. VOSSIUS,
DIONYSIUS (1612-1633) and GERARD J. VOSSIUS(1577-1649). R. Mosis
Maimonidae, De idolatria liber, cum interpretatione Latina et notis Dionysii
Vossii.
Amsterdam, Joh.
Et Corn. Blaeu, 1642. 4to
[6 leaves],176
pp.
[Together
with:] Gerardi Joannis Vossii, De theologia gentili et physiologia Christiana
sive de origine ac progressu idololatriae ad veterum gesta, ac rerum naturam,
reductae; deque naturae mirandis quibus homo adducitur ad Deum. Liber I et II
Amsterdam, Joh.
et Corn. Blaeu, 1642. 4to.
[5 leaves],
732, X pp. and index.
Cont. vellum.
Fine copy. EUR 2.000.--
~ First edition. Both Dienstag
and Katchen give 1641 as date of the first edition. This date appears indeed
after the introduction of Isaac Vossius (nov. 1641). But on the titlepages of
both works 1642 is given. Dienstag is also mistaken in his year of death of
Dionysius, which is not 1642 but October 1633, as stated in the introduction of
Isaac Vossius. Dionysius prepared his edition and translation of Maimonides
Hilkhot Avodah Zarah in cooperation with Menasseh ben Israel and in fact died
shortly after he had finished the work in Amsterdam. His father was much
impressed by the book and decided to publish it together with his own study on
the origin and progression of idolatry which took a couple of years. It is
surprising that Fuks did not mention this work that contained the full Hebrew
text of Maimonides. In 1632 Gerard was appointed as professor at the new
Atheneum in Amsterdam, together with Caspar Barlaeus. Dionysius became the
librarian of the Atheneum. On page 11/12 a poem by Barlaeus dedicated to Gerard
in commemoration of the death of Dionysius on October 25th, 1633.
72. VOSSIUS,
DIONYSIUS (1612-1633) and GERARD J. VOSSIUS(1577-1649).- Gerardi Ioannis
Vossii. De theologia gentili et physiologia Christiana sive de origine ac
progressu idololatriae. Editio nova. (16), 634, (50), 181, (11), 305, (15) pp.
With engr. Portrait of Gerard Vossius. Librarystamp on titlepage: Bibliotheek
van de doopsgezinde gemeente, Amsterdam.
[Together
with:] R. Mosis Maimonidae. De idololatria liber, cum interpretatione Latina,
& Notis, Dionysii Vossii. 87 pp.
Amsterdam, Joh.
Blaeu 1668. Folio.
Cont.vellum.
Fine copy on large paper. EUR 2,000.--
~ This folio edition, published
26 years after the first edition has the same Hebrew print and puts Dionysius'
book at the end, introduced by a note of the publisher. Gerard's book has been
much enlarged, ed. by Isaac Vossius.
74. VOSSIUS,
GERARD. Etymologion linguae latinae. Praefigitur Ejusdem De literarum
permutatione tractatus.
Amsterdam,
Ludov. and Daniel Elzevir, 1662. Folio.
Or. vellum,
soiled. Rebacked. [66],606 pp. Good copy. EUR 450.--
~ First edition
75. VOSSIUS,
ISAAC (Son of Gerard 1618-1689) De Sibyllinis aliisque quae Christi natalem
praecessere Oraculis. Accedit Ejusdem responsio ad Objectiones nuperae Critica
Sacrae.
Leiden, Jacob
Gaal, 1680. 12mo.
Cont. vellum.
[24], 168, 56 pp. Owner's inscription in old handwriting on titlepage. EUR 300.--
~ Final section of De
Sibyllinis: Ad Judaeos.