Biblia Hebraica

Publisher: Everardo van der Hooght, Amsterdam.
A Bible largely in Hebrew, with the preliminaries and preface by van der Hooght & others, as well as the printed marginalia, in Latin. Paginated in two separate sections for a total of 685pp, followed by an unpaginated "Diversitas Lectionis."

Four engraved title pages. Title page printed in red and black with publisher's device. Decorative initials and endpieces. Three ornate copperplate engraved half-title pages; one for the Major Prophets, one for the Minor Prophets and one for Hagiography. Also contains a b/w illustrated half title-page and a full title page, printed in black and red, with a small engraving of Moses and Aaron dressed as the High Priest, overlooking the Tabernacle in the Sinai desert. Tail pieces. Engraved Latin initials. Set in 5 sizes of Sephardic Hebrew type. Second edition of Joseph Athias' and Johannes Leusden's famous quarto Hebrew Bible of 1666-67. Contains Masoretic notes, as well as the corrections of the Daniel Bomberg, Robert Estienne, Christophe Plantin editions. Exquisitely adorned with various illustrative notes by Everardo van der Hooght, V.D.M. Opens with Hooght's scholarly preface in Latin, followed by 10 pages of praises for the new edition, from various scholars and professors, including Johannes Braun and Adriaan Reland. The text, versified in both Hebrew and Arabic numerals, also contains Hooght's new Latin apparatus to aid Christian scholars.