Bidspirit auction | (GRAMMAR, HEBREW). Jean Cinqarbres (Quinquarboreus).

(GRAMMAR, HEBREW). Jean Cinqarbres (Quinquarboreus). De Re Grammatica Hebraeorum Opus - De notis Hebræorum. Two parts in one. Separate title-pages each with woodcut printer’s device. Learned marginalia in beginning of work. pp. 270; 96. Browned and dampstained, fore-edges of few leaves worn. Later limp vellum, worn. 4to. Paris: Martinum Juvenem 1582 The author (1514-87) was considered one of the foremost linguists of the 16th century and occupied the chair of Hebrew and Syriac at the Collège de France until his death. The author (1514-87) was considered one of the foremost linguists of the 16th century and occupied the chair of Hebrew and Syriac at the Collège de France until his death.