HEBREW BIBLE, FRANKFURT AN DER ODER: JOHANN AND FRIEDRICH HARTMANN, 1595

HEBREW BIBLE, FRANKFURT AN DER ODER: JOHANN AND FRIEDRICH HARTMANN, 1595

3 parts in 2 volumes (8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.; 223 x 174 mm): Part 1 (Pentateuch, Five Scrolls, and Former Prophets): 260 folios; Part 2 (Latter Prophets): 119 folios (plus one blank); Part 3 (Writings): 128 folios. Four divisional titles within architectural borders; first word of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Song of Songs, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Daniel, Ezra, and Chronicles within woodcut frame; intermittent (mostly-Latin-character) marginalia in pencil; verse numeration in pen on 3:[1-9v] (midway). Slight scattered staining and dogearing; minor browning and/or foxing; dampstaining in lower edges; periodic worming in gutter, sometimes affecting individual letters; some corners rounded toward front of Part 1 and toward rear of Part 3; 1:[217-218] bound between 1:[220-221]; short tears in lower edges of 1:[1], [250] and in upper edge of 1:[149]; slight worming in upper edges of 1:[160-260], sometimes affecting individual letters; small holes in outer edge of 2:[5] and in outer margin of 3:[2]; tape repairs in gutter at foot of 3:[99-128]; small repairs in upper-outer and lower-outer corners of 3:[123-128]. Later half-leather over marbled boards, somewhat worn along edges and on spines; spines in six compartments with raised bands; title, place, and date lettered in gilt on spines; red edges; contemporary marbled paper flyleaves and pastedowns.