Bidspirit auction | Tanach. Amsterdam, 1705. Torah, Nevi’im

Tanach. Amsterdam, 1705. Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim, with introductions and notes in Latin, and illustrated title pages. The second title page is printed with red ink, and additional title pages for the Prophets and Writings are framed with decorative borders. Tanach, with Latin annotations in the margins of the pages, includes an introduction by Everardus van der Hooght (the last of the Hebraist scholars of the Dutch Republic), as well as introductions by scholars of the academies of that time. At the end of the Tanach appears a schedule of haftarot for the entire year, [22] leaves at end are a comparative table of variant readings between the editions of Athias, Bomberg, Stephanus, Plantin, and others. This Tanach was apparently published in competition with the deluxe edition printed around the same time, completed in the same year (1705) by the printer R. Immanuel b. Joseph Athias. Size : 21.5 cm Pages : [26], 333, [1], 162-352, [23], 1-160. lacking title page of Neviim Achronim. Neviim Achronim is bound after Kesuvim. Condition : Overall in very fine condition, A crack in the spine of the first volume that partially splits the volume.