Sententiae uere elegantes, piae, miréque, cum ad linguam discendam, tum animum pietate excolendum utiles, ueterum sapientûm Hebraeorum, quas Pirḳe Avot id est Capitula, aut si mauis Apophtegmata Patrum nominant
By: in Latinum uersae, scholijsq́[ue] illustratae, per Paulum Fagium in gratiam studiosorum linguę sanctae
Contributors: Hircius, Cunradus; Levita, Elijah, 1468 or 1469-1549
Publisher: [Paul Fagius]
Published: 1541
Place of publication: Excusum Isnae in Algauia [i.e. Isny im Allgäu], oppido imperiali
Language: lat
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Commentaries; Mishnah
Other titles: Sententiae vere elegantes, piae, miréque, cum ad linguam discendam, tum animum pietate excolendum utiles; Sententiae vere elegantes, piae, miréqve, cvm ad lingvam discendam, tum animum pietate excolendum utiles
Work titles: Mishnah. Avot. Latin & Hebrew
Notes: "Pirḳe Avot" in title printed in Hebrew characters.

Device of Paul Fagius on t.p. and verso of last leaf (the latter with initials PF).

Signatures: [aleph]⁴ a-t⁴.

Error in pagination: p. 150 misnumbered 134.

Errata: t4a.

Initials.

Poem in Latin by Cunradus Hircius on leaf 4a, and another in Hebrew by Elijah Levita on leaf 4b.

Rare Book copy: Owner's mark on t.p.: "Collegy Mussipont Soc..."

With: Valencia, Gregorio de.  Apologeticus de idololatria aduersus impium libellum Iacobi Heerbrandi. Ingolstadij : David Sartorius, 1579.

VD 16 F554

Adams M-1484

Adams F-122

BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 623

Hebrew and Latin text, with Latin commentary.

Provenance: J. Mauritij in [...?] (inscription); Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (dealer's information).