FIRST EDITION of a study by the renowned Swiss Hebraist Johann Buxtorf the younger, which defends and expands upon his father`s work, "Tiberias, sive Commentarius Masoreticus". The tractate deals with issues relating to punctuation and pronunciation in the Hebrew Old Testament. 210x175mm. 437 pages. Smooth leather hardcover with gilt spine. Cover leather edges coming loose from cardboard. Cover slightly worn and stained. Cover corners tattered. Front cover coming loose from binding, binding visible inner cover and pages. Ink inscription on spine. Spine edges bumped, spine bottom edge slightly peeling. Whitepages edges worn. Ink writing written on title page. Pages browning with some age-stains. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book on Biblical Hebrew is otherwise in good condition.