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Book about Hebrew Manuscripts in Cambridge Library – Cambridge, 1812

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Collation of an Indian copy of the Hebrew Pentateuch … collected by the Rev. Buchanan in the year 1806 and now deposited in the public library, Cambridge, and a collation and description of a ms. roll of the book of Esther, and the Megillah of Ahasuerus from the Hebrew copy…, by Thomas Yeates. Published by Cambridge University, 1812. Hebrew and English.
A book about a manuscript of the Pentateuch according to the tradition of Cochin Jews, which was acquired by Reverend Claudius Buchanan in 1806 and deposited in the library in Cambridge, and about other Hebrew manuscripts in the library collection. Introduction and comments by Thomas Yeates.
[2] leaves, 73 pp, 27 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Damaged binding, falling apart and detached from body of book. Several detached leaves and signatures.
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