BIBLE IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH OLD TESTAMENT PSALMS Sefer Tehi

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(BIBLE IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH. OLD TESTAMENT. PSALMS.) 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, contemporary vellum, spine darkened; contents clean. Utrecht: John van de Water, 1688

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first edition; issue with Utrecht (instead of London) 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 B2744A.