Biblia, Antiguo Testamento. Traducida del Hebreo al Castellano.

(BIBLE, Spanish)

Madrid

1920-22

Two volumes. Profusely illustrated with plates and text-illustrations in color and black-and-white.

A sumptious and exhaustive facsimile of the Duke of Alba Bible, 1422-33. The most important translation of the Hebrew Bible into Spanish. Prepared in with a commentary by Moses Arragel at the command of Don Luis de Guzman, Grand-Master of the distinguished Order of Calatrava. A superb example of Spanish manuscript illumination and “prized for its contributions to biblical and Jewish cultural history.” Between the Lines, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, vol. 11 no.1 (1998)