Bible, Hebrew.- Biblia Hebraica, eleganti charactere impressa. Editio nova, edited by Menasseh ben …

Bible, Hebrew.- Biblia Hebraica, eleganti charactere impressa. Editio nova, edited by Menasseh ben Israel, 4 parts in 1, second edition, double column, architectural metal-engraved general title and 3 wood-engraved part titles (these with printed date of 1631 altered by hand to 1636), letterpress title in Latin with woodcut printer's device, woodcut cartouches, verse numbers supplied by hand in various coloured inks in the 20th century, short marginal repaired tear to Latin title, final part ink stain to upper inner gutter of last 30 ff. or so, just touching text on last few ff., but still perfectly legible, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, later blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, sympathetically rebacked in modern ornately blind-stamped calf in compartments, upper corner of lower cover restored, leather of others worn, stained, rubbed and marked, [Fuks, Amsterdam 153; Vinograd, Amsterdam 34; cf. D&M 5124], a solid copy, 4to, Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz, 1635-1631. ⁂ 'The second, and most important, of the editions prepared by Menasseh b. Israel.' (Darlow & Moule). According to Fuks three variants of this edition exist; ours being variant B, with the Five Scrolls after Kethuvim and dates altered from 1631 to 1636.