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(cxxix to cxxxii, 14) and Deuteronomy v, 1-G. These were no doubt 

 from tlie Genizab, since made famous by the great manuscript finds 

 of Dr. S. Scbecbter, of Cambridge, England, 



Printed editions oe the Hebrew Bible. — Soon after the inven- 

 tion of the art of printing parts of the Old Testament were pubHshed. 

 Thus tlie Psalter with Kamchis Commentary appeared in 1477 (place 

 unknown); the Pentateuch witli the Targum and the Commentary of 

 Eashi in 1482 at Bologna, Italy. The first comi)lete Hebrew Bible was 

 printed at Soucino, Italy, in 1488. The second edition has neither date 

 nor place. The third was published at Brescia, Italy, in 1494. It was 

 the one used by Luther for liis German translation. The present copy 

 shown was a reprint, with slight alterations, of the Bible printed by 

 Daniel Bomberg at Venice in 1517. In this edition the first eflbrt was 

 made to give some of the Massoretic apparatus. It contains, besides 

 the Hebrew original, several of the Chaldean Targums and com- 

 mentaries. The editor was Felix Pratensis. 



Hebrew Bible, without vowel points, Antwerp, 1573-74. — This 

 Bible was printed by the famous printer, Christopher Plantin (born 

 1514, died 1589). 



Hebrew Bible, edited by Elias Hutter (three volumes), Hamburg, 

 1587. — flutter was professor of Hebrew at Leipsic, The peculiarity of 

 tliis Bible consists in tlie fact that the roots are i^rinted in solid black 

 letters, whereas the prefixes?, suffixes, and formative letters (called ser- 

 vile letters in Hebrew grammar) are shaded. 



The Hebrew Bible, first American edition (see plate 41), pub- 

 lished by Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, 1814 (two volumes), jirinted by 

 William Fry. — In 1812 Mr. Horwitz had proposed the publication of 

 this edition of the Hebrew Bible, the first proposal of this kind in the 

 United States. Early in 1813 he transferred his right and list of sub- 

 scribers to Mr. Thomas Dobson. The work was advertised as follows 

 in "Poulson's American Daily Advertiser," Monday, May 30, 1814: 



Hebrew Bible 



This day is published, 



By Thomas Dobson, 



No. 41, South Second Street 



The First American Edition of 



The Hebrew Bible, 



Without the Points. 



Elegantly printed by William Fry, ■with a new fount of tlebrew Types, cast on pur- 

 pose for the work by Binney &, Koaaldsou, on the best superline wove paper, 

 two large volumes octavo. 

 Price in hoards, Fifteen Dollars. 



Subscribers will receive their copies at Suhscription Price by applying to Thomas 

 Dobson as above. This arduous undertaking the iirst of the kind attempted in the 

 United States is now happily accom])lished. The work is considered as one of the 

 finest specimens of Hebrew Printimj ever executed: and it is hoped will be generally 



