Nov 09, 2010 - Sale 2229
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Sale 2229 - Lot 31

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(BIBLE IN HEBREW.) Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, cum variis lectionibus. Unvocalized text. xxiii, [1], viii, 684, [4]; 732, 129, [5] pages. 2 volumes. Folio, 448x275 mm, modern cloth, rubbed; scattered foxing, titles browned, light dampstaining in outer margin of Volume 2 opening leaves. Oxford: 1776-80
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First Kennicott edition. Based on the critical examination of several hundred manuscripts by the Oxford librarian Benjamin Kennicott (1718-83), this was the earliest attempt at a large-scale critical edition of the Hebrew Bible. Darlow & Moule 5160. Vinograd, Oxford 15.