TransliterationHebraicorum Bibliorum veteris Testamenti latina interpretatio, opera olim Xantis Pagnini Lucensis, 1571.

Author: Christopher Plantin

Publication Date: 1568

Publication Place: Antwerp

Description: Please feel free to request a detailed description. Short description: Hebraicorum Bibliorum veteris Testamenti latina interpretatio, opera olim Xantis Pagnini Lucensis. In Hebrew and Latin. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1571. [8], 147, [1], 186, 114, [2], 166, [2] p. 44.5 x 31 cm. In Hebrew and Latin. The rarest edition. Antwerp Polyglot (Poliglota de Amberes) or Plantin Polyglot (Polyglotta Plantiniana) is the Jewish Bible (Old Testament) with a Latin interlinear translation. A unique edition of the bilingual Jewish Bible is the rarest copy in perfect condition, a book of museum value, an important stage in the history of printing the Old Testament in two languages. The publication was carried out by Christopher Plantin and Benito Arias Montano in Antwerp in 1568-1573. The texts included in the Polyglot have been repeatedly reproduced in subsequent biblical editions. Currently, only a few dozen complete sets remain worldwide. The book contains the full text of the Old Testament in Hebrew with Latin interlinear translation. Polyglotta is one of the most significant projects of Christopher Plantin, which entered the history of printing. A large-format book in a perfectly preserved white leather binding, created by order of the book s first owner, the ancestor of the Russian Empress Catherine II – Joachim Ernst of Anhalt (Prince Angelt of Zerbs), as evidenced by the coat of arms and the inscription on the back cover with ornamental embossing. SKUR003949 kn_nat

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