Pamphlet for Studying the Hebrew Alphabet and Vowels - Gershom Soncino Press - Pesaro, 1510

Introductio ad Litteras Hebraicas [Introduction to Hebrew Letters]. Gershom Soncino (Hieronymus Soncinus) Press, Pesaro, Italy, 1510. Latin and Hebrew.
Pamphlet for studying the Hebrew alphabet and vowel marks (niqqud). The pamphlet opens with an introduction in Latin, which mentions the intention to publish the Book of Psalms in several languages. This is followed by the letters of the Hebrew alphabet and explanations about the vowel marks, as well as verses and prayer excerpts in Hebrew, with Latin transliteration (including Psalm 51: 17, the prayer "Our Father that art in heaven" and Psalm 1: 1-3). The Latin transliteration follows the Sephardi pronunciation, in which the kamatz is pronounced as an "a" sound (and not as an "o" sound, as customary in the Ashkenazi pronunciation).
The text may have been written by Gershom Soncino himself.
[7] leaves, 14.5 cm. Good condition. Dark stains to upper margins of the first printed leaf and the blank leaves at the end of the volume. The upper margins of the leaves are somewhat dark. Soft vellum binding (with some stains). Bookplate.
Rare. Not in NLI.
Winograd, Pesaro 9.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.