(JUDAICA) Hare Francis; editor Liber Psalmorum Hebraïce

Sale 2287 - Lot 265

Price Realized: $ 5,040

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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000

"FIRST PRINTING OF ANY PART OF THE BIBLE IN HEBREW IN AMERICA"--GOLDMAN (JUDAICA.) Hare, Francis; editor. Liber Psalmorum Hebraïce. 12mo, contemporary calf, worn, boards nearly detached; minor foxing and toning. With original two flyleaves and final blank. Cambridge, MA, 1809

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With translation and notes in Latin. After a few Hebrew characters appeared in a 1640 Psalter, "more than one-and-a-half centuries passed before Americans attempted to publish a Hebrew edition of the Bible. . . . The first Hebrew Bibles in America were printed to meet Christian needs."--Goldman, page 1. One other complete copy seen at auction since 1998 (Swann, 18 March 2010, lot 133). Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America 1; Rosenbach 152; Sabin 66455; Wright, Early Bibles page 122 ("very rare").