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Twenty-Four — Biblia Testamenti Veteris. 1667. Special Copy with Enormous Margins! - Twenty-Four — Biblia Testamenti Veteris. 1667. Special Copy Twenty-Four Books of Holy Scripture. The Hebrew Bible edited by David Clodius. Frankfurt am Main, printed by Wätsch, [1667]. The complete edition. A special copy. Latin title page, followed by an additional Hebrew title page with an engraved illustration. At the end appear a table of weekly Torah portions and a table of Haftarot. In the same year, Wätsch issued another edition. The present edition was printed on the basis of the other issue, with corrections. In this edition, variant readings (“differences of readings”) were added in the margins, whereas in the other issue they were printed at the end of the book. The errata list was omitted here, as the errors were corrected within the text. [8], 686, [2] leaves. 24.5 cm. Wide margins, reaching up to 9 cm from the text block. Marginal annotations within the wide margins. Condition: Very good. Light age-toning. Attractive early vellum binding.