Biblia en dos colunas Hebrayco y Espanol, Amsterdam 1762
תורה נביאים וכתובים - First Hebrew and Spanish Bible
- Final Bid Price: $750.00 Reserve Price Not Met
- 2 Bid(s)
- Lot Number 46755
- Title (English) Biblia en dos colunas Hebrayco y Espanol
- Title (Hebrew) תורה נביאים וכתובים
- Note First Hebrew and Spanish Bible
- City Amsterdam
- Publisher Sons of Solomon Proophs
- Publication Date 5522 (1762)
- Estimated Price - Low 3,000
- Estimated Price - High 6,000
- Item # 1317584
- End Date
- Start Date
Physical Description
350, 2, 332, 12 pp., quarto, 215:128 mm., com[lete several pp misbound, wide margins, light age and damp staining. A good copy not bound.
First edition of the Bible in Hebrew and Spanish
Detail Description
The text with cantillation and pronunciation symbols, Hebrew and Spanish in parellel columns. First edition of the Bible in Hebrew and Spanish, although the Bible had been published regularly in Spanish ever since the famous Ferara Bible of 1553, the present volume heralds the first apperance of both languages in one volume. Abraham Mendes Castro of Curacao, Dutch West Indies was the promoter and indeed financier of this work.
Castro was the originator of the two languages to be published in the same volume as there was an insuffien number of Bibles in either language to fill the needs of pupils in Curaco. He pledged the funds of the proceeds of the sale of this Bible to the Jews of Jerusalem and Hebron. Thus this is the first Bible financed and printed by American Jews for the use of American Jewry.
Title: Biblia, en dos colunas Hebrayco y Español : en la primera coluna el original Hebraico ... : en la segunda coluna la traduccion en la lengua Española ...
Hebrew Description
Reference
Darlow & Moulle 5156