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(BIBLE) - ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. Variae Lectiones Veteris Testamenti.. FIRST EDITION. Four volumes. Wide-margined set. Ex-library. Contemporary boards, rebacked. Sm. folio. Parma: 1784-88. Landmark collection of variant readings of the Old Testament. Synthesizing typographical, bibliographical, and textual scholarship, De Rossi brought together more findings from both Masoretic manuscripts and old printed editions than any scholar had until then.