Binding: Early 17th century sprinkled calf over pasteboards, with blind-tooled double panels; sewn onto four supports; shelfmark on the spine; text block edges stained blue.Full catalogue description in SOLOContents note: With a Latin introduction by Paul Fagius, a Latin endorsement by Georg Voegelin, a Hebrew poem, and Hebrew prefaces with Latin translation. Many contemporary marginal annotations: extensive manuscript notes on flyleaves in Latin and Hebrew by Thomas Wakefield.Decoration: Woodcut initial words and printer’s device. Simple floral designs.Dimensions: 229mm (height) × 174mm (width) × 50mm (depth).Layout: Hebrew and Latin on opposite pages. With printed marginal notes. Hebrew type resembling square Ashkenazi script.Elijah Levita (1469-1549) was a Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet who was also known for his ample contacts with Christian-Hebraists in Italy and Germany. Levita was a gifted teacher and he has inspired many generations of scholars of Hebrew and Jewish literature. His ‘Tishbi’ is a dictionary that contains 712 words used in Talmud and midrash, and translated into Latin by Paul Fagius. The first edition of the work was printed by Fagius in 1541 in Isny; copies of the book can be found in many early modern Christian-Hebraist libraries.