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(GREECE). Lexikón Evraïkó-Neoellinikón tis Palaiás Diathíkis [“Hebrew-Modern Greek Dictionary of the Old Testament.”] Prepared by Isaac Lowndes. FIRST EDITION. Folding plates. pp. (6), 17, (2), 987. Ex-library, stained and damp-soiled. Loose in contemporary boards, needs rebinding. Thick 4to. Malta, 1842 EARLIEST APPEARANCE OF HEBREW PRINTING IN MALTA. Isaac Lowndes, who also issued the first English-Modern Greek Lexicon (1827), spent many years in the Ionian Islands, becoming inspector-General of Schools in 1840.