BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT HEBREW 1477

THE PSALTER) NY: Shocken, no date (facsimile)

      small folio recently bound in full black leather with label on spine (153 leaves) Facsimile of the first portion of the hebrew Bible to be printed " August 1477" , probably in Bologna. The printer's name are given as Joseph and Neriah Chayim, Mordecai and hezekiah Montro. The complete Hebrew Old Testament did not appear until 1488, The Soncino Bible. This 1477 edition of the Psalms includes the complete unexpurgated commentary of Rabbi David Kimchi (1160? - 1235? ) later editions omitted portions of his writing that were considered hostlile to Christianity. scarce.