Lot 69
  • 69

Bible. Hebrew.

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Biblia ebrea eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma, elaborata cura & studio Eliae Hutteri. Cologne, [1603], 4 parts, text in Hebrew, first title within woodcut border dated 1603, other title-pages with woodcut border, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials and headpieces, book titles within woodcut cartouches
Hutter, Elias. Cubus alphabeticus sanctae ebraeae linguae... Hamburg: Jacobus Wolff, 1588



2 works in one volume, folio (375 x 240mm.), seventeenth-century calf, some paper repairs (especially in second work), rebacked, binding very worn, covers almost detached; sold not subject to return

Provenance

Johan Trulock, inscription at head of title-page; F. Parker, inscription on flyleaf dated 9 December 1867; Bequeathed to the Bishopric of Cornwall by the Rev. Franke Parker, M.A., Rector of Luffincott, Devon, 1883, bookplate

Literature

VD17 32:629945D; cf. Darlow & Moule 5108 (1587 edition)