Author: SANTES PAGNINUS (PAGNINI, PAGNINO) :
Title: [Hebrew title]. Hoc est, epitome Thesauri linguae Sanctae. Antverpen, Ex officina Christ. Plantini, 1570.
Description: . Pp. (xvi), 188, 193-380, (3). Woodcut vignette on title. Pagination irregular but text is complete. Old inscription on title. Partly some browning. Contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript on spine, spine ends slightly chipped, some staining to covers. First edition as such.Pagninus (1470-1536) joined the Dominican Order in 1487, where he became a disciple of Girolamo Savonarola. In 1528 he published a Latin translation of the entire Bible. The following year he published a Hebrew Lexicon for Catholic ministers, republished many times. This is an abridged edition of the Lexicon, edited by Franciscus Raphelengius (Frans van Ravelingen), and added to the Royal Polyglot in 1572. See Fürst iii, 62 (other editions). Steinschneider 1511. See Smitskamp PO 11.

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