Ir David (by Rabbi David Cohen de Lara) – Amsterdam, 1638 – First Edition

Ir David (by Rabbi David Cohen de Lara) – Amsterdam, 1638 – First Edition

Ir David, "Sive De Convenientia Vocabulorum Rabbinicorum, cum Graecis, & quibusdam aliis linguis Europaeis", by R. David Cohen de Lara. Amsterdam: Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, 1638. First edition. Latin, Hebrew, Greek and Spanish.

Lexicon to words from the Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash borrowed from Greek or with cognates in other European languages.

After title page, dedication of author to Queen Christina of Sweden, followed by an introduction, both in Latin.

Ownership inscriptions on title page, some deleted with ink (in Italian script).

R. David Cohen de Lara (1602-1674) was rabbi of the Neveh Shalom Sephardic community in Hamburg, a philologist and lexicographer, who later became famous as a prominent opponent of Sabbateanism.

[8], 92 pages. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Small tears to several leaves, and tear to title page, without loss. Early parchment binding, stained, with damage (open tear to bottom of spine).