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(GRAMMAR, HEBREW) Johannes Avenarius. Sefer HaShorashim - Liber Radicum Seu, Lexicon Hebraicum, in Quo Omnium Vocabulorum Biblico. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. On title, Psalm 25:21 in Hebrew and vignette of the Anointment of King David by Samuel. Similar scene occupies full length of final page. pp. (16), 860 (i.e. 870), (2). Some foxing, few stains. Later calf, rubbed and scuffed. Thick folio. Adams A-2306. Wittemberg: Heirs of Johann Craton 1588-9 “Book of Roots,” a Hebrew-Latin dictionary and concordance of Bible. The author, Lutheran Hebraist Johann Habermann (Latin, Avenarius) (1516-90) was Professor of Theology in Wittemberg. “Book of Roots,” a Hebrew-Latin dictionary and concordance of Bible. The author, Lutheran Hebraist Johann Habermann (Latin, Avenarius) (1516-90) was Professor of Theology in Wittemberg.