The Hebrew Bible; from the edition of Everardo van der Hooght, the Book of Genesis and the Book of Exodus (until chapter 14, verse 16 – Parashat Beshalach). New York: Whiting & Watson, 1815. Hebrew, with an advertisement of the publishers and a note of the editors (in English), and a Latin preface by Everardo van der Hooght. Parts 1 and 2 (no further parts were printed).
A volume comprising the Book of Genesis and a part of the Book of Exodus, with vowelization and cantillation notes. Originally, this volume was supposed to be published as part of a complete bible in sixteen volumes; eventually, however, the other parts of the series were not printed. The main reason for the discontinuation of the printing was the simultaneous publishing of a complete bible by Thomas Dobson (the first Hebrew Bible printed in America), which preceded this edition by only a few months, and rendered it superfluous.
The present book is the first Hebrew bible printed in New York and the third Hebrew bible printed in America (preceded only by the edition of the bible published by Dobson and by the Book of Psalms).
[3] leaves, 41, 112 pp, 22.5 cm. Cardboard binding. Uneven edges. Uncut sheets in the Hebrew part. Good-fair condition. Stains (dark dampstains on the binding and first and last leaves). Damaged binding, with stains. Tears to spine. The back board is loose. The lower part of the spine is missing.
Goldman 5.