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Bible. Old Testament. Genesis, Polyglot.
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- [Hebrew] Geneseos patriarchae sex: [Hebrew] cum translationibus fontis hebraici: chaldaica, graeca, latina, germanica, ac explicatione grammatica... Ioannes Draconites. Wittemberg: Johann Krafft, 1563
Bible. OT. Proverbs, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Proverbia Solomonis, cum translationibus fontis ebraici. Wittemberg: J. Krafft, 1564, woodcut portrait of Drach on a4 verso, 2 woodcuts in text
Bible. OT. Joel, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Joel propheta. Wittemberg: J. Krafft, 1565, woodcut portrait of Crato on a4 verso, one woodcut illustration in text
Bible. OT. Micah, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Micheas propheta. Wittemberg: J. Krafft, 1565, 2 woodcut illustrations in text
Bible. OT. Zacariah, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Zacharias propheta. Wittemberg: J. Krafft, 1565, one woodcut illustration in text
Bible. OT. Malachi, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Malachias propheta. Leipzig: Hans Rhambau, 1564
6 works in one volume, folio (316 x 204mm.), interlinear parallel Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin and German text, title-pages printed in red and black, a few passages of text printed in red, woodcut initials, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, a few small wormholes in text (one running through text), binding worn and soiled, lacking 2 clasps and catches
Bible. OT. Joel, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Joel propheta. Wittemberg: J. Krafft, 1565, woodcut portrait of Crato on a4 verso, one woodcut illustration in text
Bible. OT. Micah, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Micheas propheta. Wittemberg: J. Krafft, 1565, 2 woodcut illustrations in text
Bible. OT. Zacariah, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Zacharias propheta. Wittemberg: J. Krafft, 1565, one woodcut illustration in text
Bible. OT. Malachi, Polyglot. [Hebrew] Malachias propheta. Leipzig: Hans Rhambau, 1564
6 works in one volume, folio (316 x 204mm.), interlinear parallel Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin and German text, title-pages printed in red and black, a few passages of text printed in red, woodcut initials, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, a few small wormholes in text (one running through text), binding worn and soiled, lacking 2 clasps and catches
Provenance
Thomas Ludolf Adam, early signature at foot of title-page; Bequeathed to the Bishopric of Cornwall, by the Rev. Franke Parker, M.A., Rector of Luffincott, Devon, 1883, bookplate
Literature
VD16 B3008, B3561; B3922, B3857, B3982 & B3993; Darlow & Moule 1420
Catalogue Note
six of eight rare editions of certain books of the Old Testament edited by the reformer Johann Drach, whose death in 1566 appears to have curtailed his original plan for a polyglot edition of the complete Bible. Of the present six editions, that of Genesis is incomplete, as are the two other editions not here present: the Psalter (Wittemberg: Krafft, 1563) and Isaiah (Leipzig: Rhambau, 1563).