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Format
Book
Language
Spanish
Published/​Created
[Ferrara], [1553]
Description
[8], 400 (i.e. 401), [3] leaves 30 cm

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Special Collections - William H. Scheide Library 26.14 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    • The first edition of the Old Testament in Spanish, known as the "Ferrara Bible", and intended mainly for Spanish-speaking Jews.--Darlow and Moule 8467.
    • Dedication addressed to the Duke of Ferrara and signed: Jerónimo de Vargas y Duarte Pinel.
    • Colophon: ... con yndustria y deligencia de Abraham usque [i.e. Duarte Pinel] Portugues: estampada in Ferrara a costa y despesa de Yom Tob atias [i.e. Jerónimo de Vargas] Español en 14 de Adar de 5313.
    • WHS copy: Wanting preliminary ff.(3-8); ff. 382-383, 390-400 and final 3ff.
    • WHS copy: Spanish marginalia in an early hand indicating the Haphtarah of any given Parashah.
    Provenance
    WHS copy: Acquired in 2012 (Kestenbaum, auction 55: June 21, 2012 lot 307).
    Other title(s)
    Ferrara Bible
    OCLC
    17418616
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