Johannis BuxtorfI Concordantiae Bibliorum Hebraicae : nova et artificiosa methodo dispositae, in locis innumeris depravatis emendatae, deficientibus plurimis expletae, radicibus antea confusis distinctae, & significatione vocum omnium Latinâ illustratae : quibus primùm Locus quaesitus quasi in momento ostenditur, aut facillimo jucundissimoq[ue] labore invenitur : secundò Lexici hebraici omnibus vocibus flexilibus completi, forma obsoluta proponitur : denique Masora sive Critica perfecta, quoties, quâ formâ, quo libro, cap. & versu unaquaeque vox declinabilis in textu Hebraeo invenitur, numeratò traditur : accesserunt Novae concordantiae Chaldaicae omnium vocum, quae corpore Bibliorum Hebraico continentur : cum praefatione, quâ operis usus abundè declaratur / per Johannem Buxtorfium fil. ling. sanctae in Acad. Bas. prof. ordinar.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Concordantiae Bibliorum Hebraicae
Main Author: Buxtorf, Johann, 1564-1629 (Author)
Other Authors: König, Ludwig, 1572-1641 (Publisher, Printer)
Language:Hebrew
Latin
Aramaic
Published: Basileae [Basel] : Sumptibus & typis Ludovici König, anno MDCXXXII [1632]
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Genre:
Ownership and Custodial History:
Cipher/paraph (?) inscribed on title pages of both items in this volume; single marginal note in Latin and Hebrew on leaf Q4r; inscription on rear paste-down: "Church Missionary Society, 1818"; clipping of a bookseller's description, evidently of this volume (number 97 in catalog), pasted to foot of front paste-down ("spine defective"); inscription at head of recto of front free end-paper: "[...] 50 dollars"; inscription in pencil on recto of front free end-paper: "Mr Connor, alla locanda della [...]" (mostly erased/faded); twentieth-century armorial bookplate on front paste-down, with mottoes "Tae kei" and "Taxis kai kosmos": "Schmidtchen" (this is the American collector Paul W. Schmidtchen [1914-1990]); remnants of scotch tape on front paste-down; bookseller's description, by Sam Gatteño Books, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, along with print-outs of e-mail correspondence between Gatteño (donor) and MSU curator, available in MSS 466, Box 5, Folder 117.
Local Note:
MSU: Bound with Buxtorf, Johannes. Johannis BuxtorfI Tiberias sive Commentarius Masorethicus triplex ... (Basel: Ludwig König, 1620).
MSU: Library holds variant without dedication (see Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17)).
Binding Information:
Bound in full contemporary vellum over paste-boards; decorative stamp in blind in center of both boards; boards tooled in blind; spine and fore-edges covered with red cloth (modern?) and decorated with gold paint; "T" painted within a wreath in gold on spine; gold paint applied to top and bottom edge of upper board.
Physical Description:934 unnumbered pages ; 42 cm (folio)
Variant Title:
Johannis Buxtorfii Concordantiae Bibliorum Hebraicae
Concordantia Bibliorum hebraicae
Concordantiae chaldaicae omnium vocum quae in Danielis & Esrae capitibus chaldaicis continentur
Ḳonḳordantsiyam ʻal Daniʼel ṿe-ʻEzra [Added title page title]
Format: Book
Description
Note:In Latin, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
Volume reads right-to-left.
Unpaginated; printed in four columns per page.
A variant exists without dedication (two preliminary leaves signed )() and with different fingerprint. See Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17).
Signatures: pi²(-pi1) )(² *⁴ **⁶ A-5Y⁴; leaf 5Y4 blank.
Title and imprint within architectural woodcut border, incorporating initials "SW"; typographical ornament on title page; woodcut initial; head- and tail-pieces; typographical dividers.
Errata on leaves 5X1r-5X3v.
Call Number:XX oversize BS1121 .B8 1632
References:
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), 23:267944S
National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, volume 87, page 679
Source of Acquisition:
Sam Gatteño ; Gift ; 20171022. MiEM
Place of Publication:Switzerland -- Basel.