Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 21

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(BIBLE IN HEBREW AND GREEK.) Esrim ve-Arba'a. Vocalized text. 112; 166 [i. e., 167], [1(blank)]; 94, [4] leaves, including engraved title. bound after: Tes kaines diathekes apanta. Novum Testamentum. 368 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 12mo, early 19th-century American tree calf with morocco lettering pieces, short crack at bottom of front joint, book block loose in binding; margins trimmed affecting some sidenotes in Hebrew Bible and some headlines in NT, occasional heavy soiling, scattered stains, engraved title in Hebrew Bible worn and mounted, owner's notes in ink on blank verso of last leaf; early 19th-century leather case with wraparound flap. Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel for Joannes Janssonius, 1639; London: G. Woodfall for T. N. Longman et al., 1801

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Hebrew Bible and Greek New Testament custom bound for Elijah Hebard, possibly the Methodist pastor active in Western New York (1788-1858), with his name on the spine and with his bookplate ("Elijah Hebard's Property"). extra-illustrated with 9 small folding engraved maps from an unidentified work, comprising a world map, 6 of the Holy Land, one of the eastern Mediterranean, and a plan of Jerusalem. Fuks & Fuks-Mansfeld 167; Darlow & Moule 5127, 4776.