Auction 68 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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LOT 68:

The Bible, Jewish Apocrypha and the New Testament – a Set of Eight Volumes – Leiden / Geneva, 1610-1619 – Plantin Press

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The Bible, Jewish Apocrypha and the New Testament – a set of eight volumes mostly printed in the printing press founded by Christophe Plantin in the city of Leiden (the New Testament was printed in Geneva, based on the Plantin edition), 1610-1619. Latin, Hebrew and Greek.
The eight volumes are bound in matching leather bindings.
1-5. The 24 books of the bible in Hebrew and Latin, line by line, with the Hebrew roots of the words and Latin comments in the margins. [Leiden]: Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1610-1615. Seven books bound in five volumes:
• The Pentateuch / Biblia Hebraica, Pentateuchus Seu Quinque Libri Mosis, 1613. With an introduction by Spanish scholar Benito Arias Montano. [30] leaves, 659, [1] pp.
• Biblia Hebraica, Libri Iehosuah, Iudicum, Samuelis, et Regum [the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings], 1611. 583 pp.
• The latter Prophets / Biblia Hebraica, Isaias, Ieremias, Ezechiel, 1610. 100 leaves, 101-527, [1] pp.
• Psalmi Davidis [The Book of Psalms], 1615. Together with: Proverbia Salomonis, Iob, Canticum Canticorum, Ruth, Lamentationes Ieremiae, Ecclesiastes & Esther [Proverbs, Job and the Five Scrolls], 1614. 412 pp.
• Daniel Ezra and Nehemia / Daniel, Hezra & Nechemiah, 1611. Together with: Chronicles / Libri Duo Paralipomenon, 1611. [2], 415-763 pp.
6. Bibliorum Pars Graeca…, a volume containing eight books of the Jewish Apocrypha (Tuvia, Judith, Additions to the Scroll of Esther, Book of Wisdom, Sirach, Book of Baruch, Additions to Daniel, 1 Maccabees). Greek and Latin, line by line. [Leiden]: Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1612. 344 pp.
7-8. Novum Testamentum [The New Testament]. Geneva: Petrum de la Rouiere Press, 1619. Greek and Latin, line by line. Based on the Plantin edition. Two volumes. [16], 498; 499-1082, [1] pp.
Eight volumes, approx. 18 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Trimmed margins, often affecting the upper headers and the page numbers. Stains (mostly minor). Minor blemishes. Notations in early hand (many notes on the margins of the leaves of the Pentateuch volume). Bookplates and library stamps. Slight wear to the last leaves of Chronicles (open tears to the last leaf of the book, affecting the text. The leaf is mounted on paper for reinforcement). Minor blemishes to bindings.

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