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(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
(Bible, Hebrew). Torah Nevi’im U’Kethuvim / Biblia ...

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(Bible, Hebrew). Torah Nevi’im U’Kethuvim / Biblia Hebraica… Editio Prima Americana.
Complete in two volumes. Hebrew without vowel points (nikud). Latin explanatory notes by Van der Hooght. Vol. I: ff. (6), 296. Vol. II: ff. (2), 312. Ex-library, evenly foxed, few light stains. Modern polished calf. Lg. 8vo. Vinograd, Philadelphia 6; Singerman 236; Rosenbach 171; Darlow & Moule 5168a.

Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1814.


THE FIRST HEBREW BIBLE PRINTED IN AMERICA.

     “In the year 1812, Mr. Horwitz had proposed the publication of an edition of the Hebrew Bible, being the first proposal of the kind ever offered in the United States.” See M. Vaxer, The First Hebrew Bible Printed in America, in: Journal of Jewish Bibliography, Vol. II (1940) pp. 20-26.

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