(BIBLE IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH.) Sefer Tehillim. The Book of Psalmes With the New English Translation, published by John Leusden, Professor of the Hebrew Tongue in the University of Utrecht. Vocalized Hebrew text and English translation on facing pages. [4], 240, [2] leaves. 12mo, 129x79 mm, contemporary sheep, quite worn, spine ends chipped, front cover detached, rear cover starting; occasional light marginal dampstaining, clean tear in Q8-9. 19th-century bookplate of Revd. Philip Panter. London: Samuel Smith, 1688
first edition; issue with London (instead of Utrecht) imprint. Includes dedications to John Eliot, "Venerable Apostle of the Indians in America," and to "the twenty four [native] American Ministers," commending their missionary work. The preface cites Increase Mather's letter to Leusden regarding the spread of the Gospel in Massachusetts. Alden 688/21; Wing B2744.
