(Antoine Rodolphe Chevalier). (Bible, Hebrew). Three Biblical books bound in one volume. All with extensive autographed marginalia densely written by Chevalier

Antoine Rodolphe Chevalier (1507-1572), a prominent French Hebraist, was most prolific. Extensive manuscript annotations from his hand appear in the volumes above, and are bound with six additional leaves of his manuscript notes. A later note on the verso of the title attributes the notes to Chevalier, and his authorship is confirmed by a comparison with his manuscript notes in a copy of Paginius in the Cambridge University Library. The Dictionary of National Biography notes that Chevalier “intended to publish an edition of the Bible in four languages, but did not finish it, and nothing is now known of it.” Probably the annotations in the volumes presently offered, were made in preparation for this ambitious endeavor