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6 v. : ill., maps, plans, port. |
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Texts in Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Aramaic (the Targum Onkelos), Ethiopic, Greek (the Septuagint), Hebrew, Persian, and Syriac (the Peshitta); editorial matter in Latin. |
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Collective t.p., illustrated t.p., and frontispiece bound at the beginning of vol. 6. |
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Added illustrated t.p. reads: S.S. Biblia polyglotta. |
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Vols. 1-5 contain the Biblical texts. The unnumbered 6th vol. contains Walton's preface, essays, plans, maps, and the prolegomena (all of which were bound at the beginning of Vol. 1 in the original edition [Wing B2797]), plus "Ad Biblia sacra polyglotta appendix," which has critical essays, appendices, variant readings, annotations, and indexes. |
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Each vol. has special t.p. Vol. 1 is dated 1653; vol. 2, 1655; vol. 3, 1656; vols. 4-5 and Appendix, 1657. |
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Engraved frontispiece portrait of Walton signed: Lombart sculpsit; engraved t.p. signed: W. Hollar fecit. |
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Vols. 1-2 appear on reel 1170, vols. 3-4 on reel 1171, and vols. 5-6 on reel 1172. |
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Imperfect: vol. 2, p. 216-17 missed in photographing. Bristol Reference Library no longer available as a microfilming source; best copy available for photographing. |
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Reproduction of original in the Bristol Reference Library. |
Alt author |
Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.
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Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.
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Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682.
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