Hebrew and Latin). Biblia Hebraica. Torah, Nevi’im u-Kethuvim. With Latin translation by Sebastian Schmidt.

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Hebrew and Latin). Biblia Hebraica. Torah, Nevi’im u-Kethuvim. With Latin translation by Sebastian Schmidt.

Second edition. Title with illustration of Moses holding the Tablets and Aaron burning incense. Lecture of Johannes Christianus Clodius. Divisional titles. Two volumes. <<Uncut copy with wide margins.>> Vol. I: pp. (50), 666. * Vol. II: pp. 705, (55). Lightly foxed. Contemporary marbled boards, worn and scuffed. Large 4to. Darlow and Moule 5148.

Leipzig: Wolfgang Deer 1740

Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $150
A reprint of E. van der Hooght’s text with the addition of Schmidt’s Latin translation. The final leaves contain the variant readings observed by van der Hooght by comparing the Bomberg, Plantin, Athias and other editions.