Tehillim - Psalterium Hebraeum

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $5,000

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author

(BIBLE Psalms).

printer

Menasseh ben Israel

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1634

Description

Edited by Menasseh ben Israel. Title within architectural arch. With Nikud. Previous owners inscriptions in Latin and Hebrew.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 32; Fuks, Amsterdam 160; Silva Rosa 19; not in Darlow & Moule.

summary

Most scarce. First of the three editions of the Book of Psalms printed by Menasseh ben Israel. This copy with the Latin imprint.

ff. (132). Browned with some wear, small burn-hole affecting small area of margin on one leaf not affecting text. Contemporary calf, worn, backstrip mostly lacking. 16mo.

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