Lot 70
  • 70

Bible. Old Testament. Hebrew.

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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • [Magna biblia rabbinica]. Basel: Ludwig Koenig, 1618-1619
4 volumes in 2, folio (428 x 277mm.), Hebrew text, titles within architectural woodcut borders, headings within woodcut cartouches, contemporary Dutch vellum, some browning, occasional small wormholes in margins, light spotting, first spine slightly torn, lacking ties 

Provenance

Bequeathed to the Bishopric of Cornwall, by the Rev. Franke Parker, M.A., Rector of Luffincott, Devon, 1883, bookplate

Literature

Darlow & Moule 5120; Steinschneider 423

Catalogue Note

The sixth Rabbinic Bible, revised and corrected by Johann Buxtorf, using largely the text of Bomberg's third Rabbinic Bible (see lot 30).