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BIBLE, IN HEBREW Derech Ha'Kodesh [in Hebrew] Via sancta...sive Biblia Sacra eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma, folio (390 x 260mm.) image 1
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BIBLE, IN HEBREW Derech Ha'Kodesh [in Hebrew] Via sancta...sive Biblia Sacra eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma, folio (390 x 260mm.) image 4
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BIBLE, IN HEBREW
Derech Ha'Kodesh [in Hebrew] Via sancta...sive Biblia Sacra eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma, Hamburg, Johannes Saxon, 1587

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BIBLE, IN HEBREW

Derech Ha'Kodesh [in Hebrew] Via sancta...sive Biblia Sacra eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma, edited by Elias Hutter, Roman and Hebrew types, general title-page, 2 tables, engraved head-pieces, occasional later manuscript annotations in English, some toning [Adams B1235; Darlow & Moule 5108], Hamburg, Johannes Saxon, 1587; Cubus alphabeticus sanctae Ebraeae linguae, light toning [USTC 625788], Hamburg, Jacobus Wlfius, 1588, 2 works in 1 vol., half vellum over marbled boards, morocco title label on spine, five raised bands on spine, some shelfwear and light soiling, joints a little cracked at head and foot of spine, folio (390 x 260mm.)

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Hutter's Hebrew Bible was the earliest production of a Hebrew press in Hamburg, cleverly printed using thick and hollow type, and superscript, to help students learn Hebrew grammar.

Provenance: Buckfast Abbey, bookplate and inscription dated 1914.

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