BIBLE IN HEBREW 1544 46 [Torah Neviim Ketuvim] 17 parts i

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(BIBLE IN HEBREW.) [Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim.] Vocalized text. Integral blanks present. 17 parts in 8 volumes, bound slightly out of order as listed below. 16mo, 113x68 mm, 16th-century calf with gilt arabesque centerpiece on covers, vellum pastedowns from medieval Latin manuscript (of an abridgment?) of the Sentences of Peter Lombard, bindings worn overall; contents generally quite clean, neat marginal verse numbering in ink in an early hand throughout Volume 1, printer's woodcut device on first 2 title pages hand-colored at an early date. [Paris: Robert Estienne, 1544-46]

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Attractive set of the second Estienne Hebrew Bible and first in small format, following the 1539-44 quarto edition. "This 'pocket' Hebrew Bible has always been regarded as one of the most impressive examples of Hebrew printing of the French Renaissance" (Schreiber). Harvard/Mortimer-French 73; Renouard (Estienne) I, 65 ("un vrai bijou typographique"); Schreiber 82; Vinograd, Paris 18; not in Darlow & Moule. From the collection of the Scottish politician and bibliophile Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716), "almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time" (ODNB), with his signature on the title pages.
I--Genesis, [146] leaves; Exodus, [124] leaves; Leviticus, [88] leaves II--Numbers, [122] leaves; Deuteronomy, [108] leaves III--Samuel, [176] leaves; Joshua & Judges, [152] leaves IV--Kings, [184] leaves; Chronicles, [184] leaves V--Jeremiah, [168] leaves; Isaiah, [132] leaves VI--Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, [120] leaves; Ezekiel, [144] leaves VII--Twelve Prophets, [120] leaves VIII--Psalms, [160] leaves; Proverbs & Job, [114] leaves; Five Scrolls, [80] leaves.