CINQARBRES’ HEBREW INSITUTIONES, 1582

[CINQARBRES, Jean]. Institutiones in Linguam Hebraicam. Paris: Martinum Iuuenem, 1582. Small quarto, later marbled boards. $600.

Early edition of this Hebrew grammatical work, by the renowned French Hebraist.

Cinqarbres (1520s-1565) was a distinguished French grammarian of Hebrew, conjunct royal professor of Hebrew and Chaldee at Auvergne. First published in 1559. Text in Latin and Hebrew. Owner signature dated 1802.

Text generally clean. Light expert restoration to marbled boards. A very good copy.