Hebrew). Biblia Sacra Hebraea

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm

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Lot 195

(BIBLE,

Hebrew). Biblia Sacra Hebraea

Engraved Hebrew title incorporating five Biblical scenes. Second title and Preface in Latin. Three divisional titles with printer’s mark of Joseph Athias (see Yaari, Hebrew Printers’ Marks, 73). Square Hebrew characters with nikud (vowel points) and te’amim (trope or cantillation). Headpieces and tailpieces. Opening few leaves with penciled notations. ff. (9), 234, 180, 190, 198. Previous owners’ marks in Latin dated 1731 and 1829, touch stained. Contemporary calf, rebacked, new endpapers, rubbed, corners bumped. Thick 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 262; Darlow & Moule 5131.

Amsterdam: Joseph Athias 1659-61

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $450

“The first Hebrew Bible with Arabic numeration of chapters and verses” (Fuks, Amsterdam 378). This Hebrew edition became the standard for generations. It contains a lengthy Preface by Johannes Leusden, Professor of the Sacred Tongue at Utrecht, as well as a Commendation by three Professors of Theology at the University of Utrecht including Gisbertus Voetius. Both Leusden and Voetius were Christian Hebraists. See A.L. Katchen, Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis (1984) pp. 104-5; 147-8; 310, n. 25.