(Books & Works on Paper including Aviation & Transport, 31st July 2020) Forster (Nathaniel).- Biblia, Hebrew Forster (Nathaniel).- Biblia, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Torah Nevi'im u-Ketuvim [in Hebrew]. Biblia Hebraica, edited by Nathaniel Forster, title in Latin, the rest in Hebrew, with additional parts titles, main title almost detached, tear second leaf, and to blank margin of F1, paper flaw at gutter to CC2 in part 2, light age yellowing, occasional staining, bookplate bearing the motto ‘Fide et Fortitudine’, nearly contemporary blue polished calf, spine in compartments with morocco label and boards gilt tooled with cornerpieces, gilt fillets, marbled pastedowns and fore-edges, new endpapers, abrasion to upper board, corners slightly rubbed, [Darlow & Moule 5151], 4to, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1750. *** Darlow-M. 5151: "An unpointed edition based on E. van der Hooght's text. The earliest edition of the Hebrew Bible (apart from the London Polyglot) to be printed in England".
(Books & Works on Paper including Aviation & Transport, 31st July 2020) Forster (Nathaniel).- Biblia, Hebrew Forster (Nathaniel).- Biblia, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Torah Nevi'im u-Ketuvim [in Hebrew]. Biblia Hebraica, edited by Nathaniel Forster, title in Latin, the rest in Hebrew, with additional parts titles, main title almost detached, tear second leaf, and to blank margin of F1, paper flaw at gutter to CC2 in part 2, light age yellowing, occasional staining, bookplate bearing the motto ‘Fide et Fortitudine’, nearly contemporary blue polished calf, spine in compartments with morocco label and boards gilt tooled with cornerpieces, gilt fillets, marbled pastedowns and fore-edges, new endpapers, abrasion to upper board, corners slightly rubbed, [Darlow & Moule 5151], 4to, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1750. *** Darlow-M. 5151: "An unpointed edition based on E. van der Hooght's text. The earliest edition of the Hebrew Bible (apart from the London Polyglot) to be printed in England".
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