THE LONDON POLYGLOT). Walton, Brian, (Ed). Old and New Testament and Apocrypha. Text in nine languages: Hebrew, Samaritan, Aramaic (Targum Onkelos), Greek, Latin, Syriac, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Persian (Farsi)

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Thomas Roycroft

London

1655-1657

Six volumes. Frontispiece engraving of Walton by Pierre Lombart. Engraved title, maps and plates by Wenceslaus Hollar. Title within architectural columns. Printed in a variety of exotic types. Vol. I (Pentateuch): pp. (22), 53, 38, (3), 102 [i.e. 106], (2), 865. * Vol. II (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther): pp. 889 (lacking pp.1-4); (1), 29, (1). * Vol. III (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Twelve Minor Prophets): pp. 447, (1), 389, (1), 227, (1), 149, (1). * Vol. IV: (Apocrypha) pp. 87 (lacking pp.1-4); (5), 128, 23, (1), 20, 159, (1); (Targum Jonathan ben Uziel and Targum Yerushalmi, and Persian - to Pentateuch) pp. 390. * Vol. V (New Testament): pp. 983, (1). * Vol. VI (Appendix - contains critical essays, tables, variant readings, annotations and indices): pp. (2), 72, 56, 98 (i.e. 68), 80, 196, 140, 24, 58, 36, 36, 96 (i.e. 74), (2)

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