[HEBREW BIBLE] | With an important American Jewish provenance

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

[HEBREW BIBLE]

Biblia Hebraica, Cum Interlineari Interpretatione Latina. [Antwerp]: Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1611-1615

4 parts in 2 volumes. 8vo (190 x 120 mm). Contemporary ruled calf; rebacked to style.

Jacob Schiff's copy of the Plantin Hebrew Bible, with his 1887 ownership inscription in each volume. Schiff was a noted American Jewish businessman and philanthropist and influential in both domestic and world affairs from 1880 until his death in 1920.

PROVENANCE

Richard Fry (small inscription to title); Jacob Schiff ("Purchased at St. Augustine Fla 1887" on pastedowns)

REFERENCE

Cf. Darlow & Moule 1422 and 5106