Physical Description:

227 ff., duodecimo, 105:54 mm., nice margins, use, age and damp staining, corners roundeed, small loss to final f., bound in contemporary leather over boards, rubbed and split.

Detailed Description:   

The Bible unvocalized (pronunciation symbols) by the pioneers of Hebrew topography in the Northern Netherlands. The works produced by this press set an example for their successors with the high quality and beautiful layout of their Hebrew publications.

The progenitor, Franciscus Raphelengius the Elder (1539-1597), undertook the operation of his father-in-law Christopher Plantin's printing house in Leiden in 1585. His three sons, Christoph (1566-1600), Franciscus (1568-c. 1643), and Justus (1573-1628), ran the house from the death of their father until 1619. All four were scholars of Oriental languages and published their own books.

Hebrew Description: 

  חמשה חומשי תורה (נביאים ראשונים... נביאים אחרונים ... כתובים). נדפס עם רב העיון. [חלק א-ד].

לכל חלק שער מיוחד. שנת הדפוס רק בשער החומש.

לא מנוקד.

כל פסוק חמישי סומן באות. בחומש סומנו גם פרשיות פתוחות וסתומות (פ,ס).

Reference:   

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000304556; Fuks, Holland 25; J. Braun (1888), "Raphelengius, Franz", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 27, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 281–283