SLAUGHTER, EDWARD.

Grammatica Hebraica brevi et nova methodo concinnata.

Rome, Franzesi et Cajetanus Paperi, 1760.

8vo. In contemporary boards. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Book block split between p. 64 and p. 65, but generally a nice and clean copy. 126 pp.


Second Rome-edition, third overall, of Slaughter’s popular Hebrew grammar, which was still in print as late as 1867. It was first published in 1699.

"Slaughter, Edward (1655–1729), hebraist, born in Herefordshire in 1655, entered the Society of Jesus on 7 Sept. 1673, and was ordained priest on 28 March 1682, in which year he was sent to the mission of Swaffham, Norfolk. He was appointed to teach Hebrew in the college of the English jesuits at Liège about 1677; he subsequently taught mathematics there, and eventually became professor of theology. Slaughter afterwards became rector of the jesuit colleges at St. Omer and Ghent.” (DNB).

Order-nr.: 61047

DKK 2.500,00