Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Sepher Tehillim u-Sepher Echah / A Key to the Hebrew Bible - London, 1656 - Printed One Year Following Jewish Readmission to England

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Sepher Tehillim u-Sepher Echah, The Hebrew Text of the Psalmes and Lamentations, with romanization. London, 1656. Hebrew and English.
Bound with: A Key to the Hebrew Bible (Index of biblical words, translated and explained, arranged in alphabetical order). London, 1656. English, with Hebrew words.
Both books were printed by the Scottish historian William Robertson ("now residing and teaching Hebrew in London", as stated in English on the title page). It is unclear who composed the index to the Bible, it was possibly authored by Robertson himself.
Two books in one volume. Index of biblical words: [24], 372; 301, [2], 181, [3] pages (mispaginated). Tehillim and Eichah: [4] leaves, 248 [i.e. 272], 22, [2] pages (mispaginated). 17.5 cm. Good condition. High-quality paper. A few stains. Minor tears and stains to several leaves, not affecting text. Colored edges (red and gilt). Old binding, with leather spine.
This is presumably the first Tehillim (in Hebrew) printed following the readmission of the Jews to Great Britain a year earlier (after an absence of over 300 years). This edition was printed in several versions, in this copy, the Hebrew text (vocalized) and romanization are printed side by side.
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