Biblia Sacra Hebraea, 1661
Biblia Sacra Hebraea Correcta & Collata Cum antiquissimis & accuratissimis exemplaribus Manu Scriptis, & hactenus impressis. Amstelodami. Typis & Sumptibus Josephi Athias. Anno 1661.
Thick octavo in early (original?) full brown leather with raised bands on spine. Title label chipped away. Leather scuffed. Creased down spine. Joints/hinges cracked but cords holding. Gutter damp stain of first dozen leaves or so, plust scattered throughout Torah. Damp stain of 10^2 to end of Prophets. 1 inch tear of bottom margin in to bottom line (affecting a single vowel) of 25^2. Ink inscription of front pastedown and scattered ink marginalia (mostly naming books, numbering chapters, and numbering psalms). Library stamps on 19^1 in prophets and on rear pastedown. Library sticker on rear pastedown. Some toning. Binding tight. Margins ample.
Ffep, Engraved title, title - ()^8, 1 - 26^8, 27^6, 28 - 29^8, title – 30 ^2, 1^4-8, 2 - 23^8, title – 1^8, 2 – 23^8, 24^1-2, title – 1^8, 2 – 24^8, 25^9, blank, rfep. (quite a few typesetting errors in collation code, not fully accounted for here, but it all adds up as complete)
The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) or Tanakh published in Amsterdam in 1661. Five title pages: the engraved title, the general title, and three section titles. Decorative capitals and head & tail pieces. Text in Hebrew with Latin prelims.
















