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OPERA OMNIA Duobus Voluminibus comprehensa, quorum Syllabus pagina post Vitam Authoris ultima exhibetur.
by Lightfoot, Joannis [John Lightfoot 1602-1675]
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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Rotterdam: Regner Leers, 1686, 1686. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved emblematic titlepage + folding portrait + large folding Maps of Holy Land, City of Jerusalem, plan of Temple area + 2 half page maps. . Two Volumes folio, vellum on 6 raised bands with blind ruled spine tails and double panels with 4 foliated corner tools & large baroque centerpiece with interlaces (repair to Vol II at head & foot of spine, part of one corner ornament lost, tips bumped and some marks). Engraved title + printed title with woodcut Leers printer's mark +[29]pp prelims + [58]pp life of Lightfoot etc. +804pp + [52]pp index & blank; Vol. II Printed title with same woodcut printer's mark +[8]pp half title & preface +940pp +[60]pp index. Printed shoulder notes and a few foliated initials and many Hebrew words in the text. A few faulty paginations but all signatures and catch words follow correctly so complete. Book plate of Writer's Library to both front free endpapers but no stamps or other library marks. A few edges dusty, but all margins wide and paper crisp and good throughout. *John Lightfoot, English scholar of Talmudic and Rabbinical literature, was chosen vice-chancellor of Cambridge University in 1664. He often preached in the House of Commons and was one of the chief Hebrew experts working on the great Polyglot Bible. This is his entire collection of published works in a nice crisp state. Vol. I edited by Johannes Texel (see preface to original ed. By George Bright; Vol. 2 by John Strype, who also wrote the Life of Lightfoot. See DNB v.11, p.1110. NOTE 2 large heavy vols so extra postage cost.
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- Abbey Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V74499
- Title
- OPERA OMNIA Duobus Voluminibus comprehensa, quorum Syllabus pagina post Vitam Authoris ultima exhibetur.
- Author
- Lightfoot, Joannis [John Lightfoot 1602-1675]
- Illustrator
- Engraved emblematic titlepage + folding portrait + large folding Maps of Holy Land, City of Jerusalem, plan of Temple area + 2 h
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Publisher
- Regner Leers
- Place of Publication
- Rotterdam
- Date Published
- 1686, 1686
- Keywords
- English scholar theology Hebrew Talmudic Cambridge
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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