Biblia sacra polyglotta complectentia textus originales, Hebraicum, cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Chaldaicum, GrÆcum : versionumque antiquarum, SamaritanÆ, GrÆcÆ LXXII interp., ChaldaicÆ, SyriacÆ, ArabicÆ, ÆthiopicÆ, PersicÆ, Vulg. Lat., quicquid compari poterat : cum textuum & versionum orientalium translationibus Latinis : ex vetustissimis mss. undique conquisitis, optimísque exemplaribus impressis, summâ fide collatis : quÆ in prioribus editionibus deerant suppleta, multa antehac inedita, de novo adjecta, omnia eo ordine disposita, ut textus cum versionibus uno intuitu conferri possint : cum apparatu, appendicibus, tabulis, variis lectionibus, annotationibus, indicibus, &c. : opus totum in sex tomos tributum / edidit Brianus VValtonus.
Walton, Brian,1600-1661.
Hollar, Wenceslaus,1607-1677.
Lombart, Pierre,1612-1682.
Londini : Imprimebat Thomas Roycroft,
MDCLVII [1657]
Texts in Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Aramaic (the Targum Onkelos), Ethiopic, Greek (the Septuagint), Hebrew, Persian, and Syriac (the Peshitta); editorial matter in Latin.
Collective t.p., illustrated t.p., and frontispiece bound at the beginning of vol. 1.
Added illustrated t.p. reads: S.S. Biblia polyglotta.
Vols. 1-5 contain the Biblical texts. The unnumbered 6th vol., "Ad Biblia sacra polyglotta appendix," has critical essays, appendices, variant readings, annotations, and indexes.
The 1st vol. contains Walton's preface, essays, a plan, and the prolegomena; the Biblical text begins after the 1st special t.p.: Bibliorum sacrorum tomus primus.
Each vol. has special t.p. Vol. 1 is dated 1653; vol. 2, 1655; vol. 3, 1656; vols. 4-5 and Appendix, 1657.
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Walton signed: Lombart sculpsit; engraved t.p. signed: W. Hollar fecit.
Vols. 1-2 appear on reel 1167, vols. 3-4 on reel 1168, and vols. 5-6 on reel 1169.
Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
Imperfect: vol. 1 has first signature O1 lacking.
Locations:  E  Copy notes: Matched from printed catalog.
Wing (2nd ed.)
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