(Butler, Charles). Horae Biblicae ["Biblical Hours": notes on text and literary history of the Bible]

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(Butler, Charles). Horae Biblicae ["Biblical Hours": notes on text and literary history of the Bible]

FIRST EDITION. English text. On title inscription in brown ink: "Mr. Uzielli, With the Author's Respects" (see below). Bookplate of William Garnett, Esq. A few English marginalia pp. (4), 109, (1). Some minor foxing. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards, front board detached, spine gilt, lower portion of spine missing. 8vo

(London): n.p. 1797

Est: $300 - $500

The author provides much interesting information concerning the transmission of the Bible and the various manuscripts extant. At the turn of the 19th-century, a Mr. Uzielli converted to Christianity, "and became the founder of the family by that name, several members of whom have since become well-known financiers" (J. Picciotto, Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History, p. 296)