Samaritan. PENTATEUCH). (Biblia Sacra Polyglotta). Textus Hebraeo-Samaritanus

(BIBLE

Thomas Roycroft

(London

1655-57)

Text pasted onto larger blank sheets within bound volume. The Benjamin Kennicott - Moses Gaster Copy, with Kennicott’s detailed marginal notations

Cf. Vinograd, London 7; Darlow & Moule 1446; Berkowitz 182

Opening blank inscribed by Samuel Edwards (London, 3rd April 1790): “This Book Belonged to the Late, Learned Dr. Kennicott, and was interleaved and corrected by him...” The final page noted in pencil by Moses Gaster: “Finished collation of ...(?)... with my Ms. No. 800. 16th February, 1905. MG.” This Samaritan text was removed from Brian Walton’s London Polyglot. The volume contains extensive notations by the great Oxford scholar, presumably for his exhaustive Biblical excursion of 1776-80. Kennicott (1718-83) spent much time in the study of Hebrew manuscript texts