Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end]*bound together with Greek New Testament (Geneva: Petrum de la Rouiere, 1619). pp. (8), 16, 453.

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Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end]*bound together with Greek New Testament (Geneva: Petrum de la Rouiere, 1619). pp. (8), 16, 453.

First Hebrew Bible printed by Plantin.Title within ornate arch, 3 divisional titles, initial word of each Book within frame ff. 507. Modern boards, missing front and spine.Thick 4to. Adams B-1229; Mehlman 28; cf. Darlow & Moule 5099; C. Sorgeloos, Labore et Constantia (1990) no.134 (includes facsimile of title). According to Sorgeloos: “Copies were sold in the Frankfurt Fair, in London and in the Jewish colonies of Northern Africa. Not in MPM; no copy in Belgium; only 3 copies in Britain and one in Paris.”

Antwerp: Christopher Plantin 1566

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,500

Plantin rearranged the type-composition of this Bible, and issued the same year, quarto and sextodecimo editions. See Israel Museum Catalogue, Plantin of Antwerp (1981) pp. 99-100.