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Tehilim - Psalterium Hebraeum.

Auction 94 · Lot 439

Tehilim - Psalterium Hebraeum.

Estimate
$4,000–$6,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

(TEHILIM).

printer

Menasseh ben Israel

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1634

Description

Edited by Menasseh ben Israel. Title within architectural arch. With Nikud. Verses numbered in a contemporary hand.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 32.

summary

The first independent Hebrew Psalter printed in Amsterdam. First of the three editions of the Book of Psalms printed by Menasseh ben Israel. This copy with the Latin imprint.
ff. (132). Trimmed, lightly stained. Contemporary vellum, light wear, remnants of wax ownership seal on pastedown of rear cover. 16mo.
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