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Hebrew). Complete, bound in five volumes.

Auction 85 · Lot 51

Hebrew). Complete, bound in five volumes.

Estimate
$6,000–$9,000
Hammer price
$6,500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(BIBLE,

printer

Robertus Stephanus

Place

Paris

Publication

1545-46

Description

Printer’s device on all titles, with nikud (vowel points), initial words within engraved cartouche. Ruled in red throughout. Occasional marginal notes in pencil. * Vol. I: Genesis, ff. (146); Exodus, ff. (123); Leviticus, ff. (88); Numbers, ff. (122); Deuteronomy, ff. (107). * Vol. II: Joshua, ff. (77); Judges, ff. (73); Samuel, ff. (175); Kings, ff. (184). * Vol. III: Isaiah, ff. (132); Jeremiah, ff. (168); Ezekiel, ff. (144). * Vol. IV: Chronicles, ff. (183) few leaves inverted; Daniel, ff. (47); Ezra, ff. (30); Nehemiah, ff. (43); Minor Prophets, ff. (117). * Vol. V: Psalms, ff. (160); Proverbs, ff. (45); Job, ff. (61); Five Scrolls, ff. (80).

references

Vinograd, Paris 18; Darlow & Moule (noted only, not listed) below no. 5089; Adams B-1224.

summary

Splendidly printed pocket Renaissance Hebrew Bible. “A typographical jewel” see F. Schreiber, The Estiennes, An Annotated Catalogue (1982) no. 82.
Touched discolored. Bound in uniform modern blind-tooled calf. 16mo. Housed in fitted box.
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