Precationes aliquot celebriores, Lyon, 1528, old calf

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Precationes aliquot celebriores, e sacris Bibliis desumptae, ac in studiosorum gratia lingua Hebraica, Graeca, & Latina in Enchiridii formulam redactae. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1528

small 12mo (93 x 60mm.), text in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, last leaf with woodcut device, old calf, title-page slightly soiled and repaired, cut close at head with some headlines shaved, last verso slightly rubbed, binding retouched at edges

A charming little volume of prayers in four columns, in Greek, Latin (two columns, one in roman type for the Vulgate and the other in italic for Santi Pagnini's version) and Hebrew. Designed for use by students of Greek and Hebrew (addressed "studiosae iuventuti"), it was one of several texts printed by Gryphe for Christian Hebraists. This is one of the first books produced by Gryphe, who also went on to print the first complete Biblical Hebrew text in France in 1530.

LITERATURE:

von Gültlingen, Lyon, Gryphe 66; Schwarzfuchs, L'hebreu dans le livre Lyonnais 13; cf. Renouard, Alde pp.304-305 (this work is mentioned in the introduction to Lyonnais counterfeits)

PROVENANCE:

Justin Godart (1871-1956), of Lyon, printed booklabel (his library sold in Paris, November 1957)