First Edition of the Bible in Hebrew and Spanish

Torah Neviʾim u-Khetuvim bi-shene ʻamudim [in Hebrew type] ... Biblia. En dos colunas Hebrayco y Español.

Amsterdam: Joseph, Jacob and Abraham, the sons of Solomon Proops, 5522 [1762].

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Titled printed in red and black. [2], 178, [2], [179]-332, [10, Introduction, etc.], [2], 160, [2], 161-350pp. Publisher's introduction and other preliminaries misbound preceding the later Prophets. Folio (15-7/8x10 inches). Nineteenth or early 20th century half morocco and marbled paper boards, rear joint splitting, worn at joints and head and tail of spine. Foxing (principally to the title), tear to the final text leaf. Provenance: General Theological Seminary (bookplate). Cowley 102; Darlow & Moule 5156; Zedner 102; not in Steinschneider or Roest.

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Besides being the first bi-lingual edition in Hebrew and Spanish, this edition is the first Hebrew book whose publication was financed by an American – Abraham Mendes de Castro (1689-1762) of Curaçao – intended for use in the West Indies, with the sale proceeds to benefit the Jewish communities of Jerusalem and Hebron.