Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, Cum Variis Lectionibus. Edidit Benjaminus Kennicott

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

$1,700

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author

(BIBLE)

printer

Clarendoniano

Place

Oxford

Publication

1776-1780

Description

Two volumes.

references

Darlow & Moule 5160

summary

Kennicot’s edition is the earliest attempt to provide a systematic critical edition of the Bible on a large scale. In previous dissertations, Kennicott demonstrated the need for extensive collation of the Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament. For ten years, he and his co-workers engaged in this arduous task. During this period he published annual reports of the progress made. The final work resulted in these two massive volumes including a general dissertation, critical notes, a list of subscribers and an index

Vol. I - pp. 23; 8, 129, 684 (1); Vol. II - ff. 1, pp. 732, ff. 3. Previous owner’s signature, Colonel G. A. Noyes, Retired Royal Artillery, dated 1904. Contemporary tooled gilt calf, rubbed and chipped, one cover detached. Large folio. * WITH: Another Copy. Two volumes. Slight staining. Contemporary calf, gilt crest with initials “SX” on covers, rubbed and chipped, covers detached.

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