CRINESIUS (Christoph). Pars prior [-posterior] Gymnasium Cha - Lot 81

CRINESIUS (Christoph). Pars prior [-posterior] Gymnasium Chaldaici, ex hibentis chaldaismi hagiographici Grammaticam & Lexicon [...]. Noribergæ, Sumptibus & typis simonis Halbmayeri, 1627. In-8, 1 f.bl., [6] f., 63 p., [4] f., 195 p., [5] f., 1 f.bl., antique reembossed parchment, 4 muted ribbed spine, red speckled edges (spine greyed out, stains on flaps, browned pages, wetness, foxing on second title page). Very rare Chaldean grammar and hagiographic lexicon of Chaldeanism, by the German philologist and orientalist C. Crinesius (1584-1629). The work explains the concordances of words and phrases in the fragments used by the Chaldeans of Edessa to write the Old Testament. The author uses Aramaic characters to explain grammar and Greek characters to refer to classical theological studies. Handwritten bookplate on title page in Arabic and Latin: Bibliothecæ niniuénsis (Library of Nineveh).