[Rarebooks] OFFER: THE FIRST AVAILABLE HEBREW BIBLE.

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BIBLIA HEBRAICA : SECUNDAM ULTIMAM EDITIONEM JOS. ATHIAE, A JOHANNE LEUSDEM 
DENUO RECOGNITAM, recensita variisque notis ltinis illustrata ab Everardo 
van der Hooght.   Philadelphiæ : Cura et impensis Thomæ Dobson edita ex 
ædibus lapideis, 1814 (Philadelphiæ : Typis Gulielmi Fry).   2 Vols.,  23 
cm.   At head of the title, in Hebrew: Torah, Nevi'im, v'Ketuvim. The First 
Complete Hebrew Bible Printed in America. One of the milestones of the 
Bible in America.  Rosenbach, American Jewish Bibliography 171, Shaw & 
Shoemaker 30857. This issue has an unpointed text. Tree calf, 5 raised 
bands, gilt crossing lines and inset contrasting labels for volume no. and 
title. The volume number is green calf, and the title label is red morocco. 
The binding on volume 1 is a modern copy of that on volume 2 which is 
original. All of the different kinds of gilt tooling in the original, such 
as the outward pointing gilt star surround, on the title label have been 
copied in the modren binding. There is one difference. The modern binding 
is not in "tree calf" The ownership label of Job Scott is on the inner 
board at the rear of volume II, where the Hebrew title page is found. The 
texts are clean, tight and unfoxed. Fine, bindings Vey Good plus. $5750.00

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