Variae Lectiones Veteris Testamenti.

First edition of a landmark collection of variant readings of the Old Testament. Synthesizing typographical, bibliographical, and textual scholarship, De Rossi brought together more findings from both Masoretic manuscripts and old printed editions than anyone had before him. Contents: Vol. I: Prolegomena, clavis codicum, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus. * Vol. II: Numeri, Deuteronomium, Josue, Judices, Libri Samueis ac Regum. * Vol. III: Isaias, Jeremias, Ezechiel, XII Prophetae minores, Canticum, Ruth, Threni, Ecclesiastes, Esther. * Vol. IV: Psalmi, Proverbia, Job, Daniel, Ezras, Nehemias, Chronica, seu Paralip, Appendix. (A supplementary volume appeared in 1798).