Mishlei Shlomo [Proverbs]. Hebrew, with translation by Hezekiah Rieti into Italian (Tuscan) in Hebrew letters.
AUCTION 76 |
Thursday, June 14th,
2018 at 3:00 PM
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 68
(BIBLE)
Mishlei Shlomo [Proverbs]. Hebrew, with translation by Hezekiah Rieti into Italian (Tuscan) in Hebrew letters.
Venice: Bragadin 1617
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $800
“The fourth and the last of the great Polyglots; known as the London, or Walton’s Polyglot. The most accurate and best-equipped of the great Polyglots.” Darlow & Moule 1446.
The original ("republican") version was printed with a lengthy preface in Volume I discussing Oliver Cromwell’s role in the duty-free importation of paper for this edition. After the Restoration, copies not yet sold were given the"loyalist" preface, which omitted mention of Cromwell's help in the production of the book.
<<Accompanied by:>> Edmund Castell. Lexicon Heptaglotton. Two volumes. London, Thomas Roycroft, 1669.
Darlow & Moule note that Castell’s work is “often bound uniformly with, and as a supplement to, this Polyglot Bible, and really forms an essential part of the work.”