{"product_id":"biblia-rabbinica-1546-daniel-bomberg","title":"Biblia Rabbinica 1546 Daniel Bomberg","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiblia Rabbinica\u003c\/b\u003e [Early Prophets]. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, \u003cb\u003ec.1546-1548\u003c\/b\u003e, folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA VOLUME OF DANIEL BOMBERG'S BIBLIA RABBINICA FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINTING PRESS OF HEBREW BOOKS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Bible was a monumental typographical achievement and set the standard for all subsequent Hebrew Bibles. It features the Masorah Magna and Parva, the Aramaic Targum Onkelos, as well as extensive commentaries by important medieval Jewish scholars including Rashi, Ibn Ezra, and David Kimhi. The text is arranged in four columns, with the inner two containing the Biblical text and its Targum, and the outer two containing the exegetical commentaries (Williams, 2016).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Bomberg's Hebrew Bible was the standard until replaced by the Leningrad Codex in 1937 (Burnett, 2012). It was Bomberg's edition that was utilised by the translators for the King James Version, as well as by John Calvin, and it was Bomberg's edition that the Dead Sea Scrolls were compared against to demonstrate the accuracy of the preservation of the text across time. Bomberg's printing was of such a high standard of quality that subsequent books advertised themselves as being printed with \"Bomberg type\" (Habermann, 1971). \"The books printed by Daniel Bomberg in 16th century Venice have long been admired as masterpieces of Hebrew typography... foremost among the books that earned him this reputation was the Rabbinic Bible. (Williams, 2016).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA set of the 1525 second edition sold at Sotheby's 17th December 2008 lot 8, realising $134,500, or approximately \u003cb\u003e$215,000\u003c\/b\u003e adjusted for inflation. It is exceptionally rare in any state of completion, with most extant copies being substantially defective. Indeed, a defective copy of volume one (only) sold for $13,750 at Sotheby's in 2018, and a very defective set (dampstained, mould, lots of tears, worming, inferior bindings) sold at Kedem Auctions in 2022 for $87,500 (USD).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis is a very rare opportunity to acquire a Bomberg imprint of the Hebrew Bible, usually referred to as the Biblia Rabbinica. This is volume two of the third edition of Daniel Bomberg's Biblia Rabbinica, containing the books of the 'Early Prophets' (i.e. Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings). We sold two fine volumes of Bomberg's Biblia Rabbinica (second and third editions) in beautiful fine bindings around a year ago for the very competitive price of £22,500 (~$30,000 USD), and so here is an excellent opportunity to acquire a part of one of the most influential Hebrew Bibles from almost certainly the most important printing press in the Hebrew language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSize: 292 x 415 mm (approx.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e203 leaves present, lacking some leaves at each end of the text block to include the title leaf and colophon, as often. Paper over cloth backed boards, worn with some paper losses, pen inscription to one of the boards. Binding attached and secure with both boards securely attached, functional. Holes to the first and last few leaves, small after the first 2-3 leaves on each end (prominently affecting ~6 leaves), those leaves also have some heavy dampstaining, text loss. However, throughout the majority of the text, there is only mild dampstaining or light stains\/toning, occasional minor loss to some leaves, spotting to each end of the text block, fair condition, but generally legible throughout. Some early Hebrew marginalia in places throughout, generally sporadic, in an extremely neat hand. Purple ink inscription in Hebrew to one leaf roughly in the middle of the text with some bleeding through to the page before and after; this inscription seems to be an acquisition note (the handwriting is a bit unclear), but seems to be dated to 5406 (i.e. 1645 CE\/AD), various other inscriptions, one drawing, as well as a few old Hebrew manuscripts loosely placed between some sheets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall a fair copy, in the condition typically encountered owing to its evident extensive use over the centuries, of this very important edition of the Biblia Rabbinica which is largely unobtainable aside from facsimiles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurnett, S. G. (2012). The strange career of the Biblia Rabbinica among Christian Hebraists, 1517–1620. University of Nebraska, Classics and Religious Studies Department, Faculty Publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGinsburg, C. D. (1966). Introduction to the Massoretico-Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible (Prolegomenon by H. M. Orlinsky). Ktav Publishing House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHabermann, A. M. (1971). Encyclopedia Judaica. Keter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHamburg, P. (2005, September). University of California, Berkeley acquires a set of the Bomberg Biblia Rabbinica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLuther, M. (1531). Ursachen des Dolmetschens (WA 38:9, 9-14 = LW 35: 209). In D. Martin Luthers Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe. Hermann Böhlau, Weimar. Also in Luther’s Works, ed. J. J. Pelikan, H. C. Oswald, \u0026amp; H. T. Lehman, 55 vols., Concordia Publishing House, Saint Louis (1955–1986).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSotheby’s. (2008, December 17). Lot 8: A set of the Bomberg Biblia Rabbinica [Auction result]. Sotheby’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSotheby’s. (2015). A set of the Babylonian Talmud from Bomberg’s press sold for $9.3 million [Auction result]. Sotheby’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSotheby’s. (2018, December 19). Lot: Volume one of the Bomberg Biblia Rabbinica [Auction result]. Sotheby’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliams, B. (2016). The 1525 Rabbinic Bible and how to read it: A study of the annotated copy in the John Rylands Library. Bulletin of the John Rylands Library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoodPaz Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56530700534084,"sku":"168107977751","price":605.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/1725\/7028\/files\/IMG_3590_81bb61c9-7a08-41d5-920e-1f336551a4cb.jpg?v=1773841866","url":"https:\/\/woodpaz.com\/products\/biblia-rabbinica-1546-daniel-bomberg","provider":"WoodPaz Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}