Opus quadripartitum Sacræ Scripturæ
Subtitle: continens S. Biblia, sive, Libros Veteris et Novi Testamenti omnes, quadruplici lingua, Hebraica, Græca, Latina & Germanica
Contributors: Lucius, Jakob, -1616; Saxon, Johannes, active 1587
Publisher: Jacobus Lucius Juni[or
Published: 1595
Place of publication: Hamburgi [Hamburg]
Language: heb
Number of pages: 1572
Other titles: Biblia Sacra, eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma; Derekh ha-kodesh; S[acrorum] Bibliorum quadrilinguium; Bible. Polyglot. 1596.
Work titles: Bible Old Testament Hebrew 1595
Notes: O.T. in Hebrew (vocalized); root letters printed in thick type, inflectional letters in hollow type. Pages in Hebrew and arabic numerals.

"Probably text of 1587 printing of the Hutter Hebrew Bible [Hamburg : Johann Saxon], reissued with new t.p. to complete the Hamburg Polyglot of 1596"--NUC pre-1956. In most copies of the Hamburg Polyglot, ed. by David Wolder, both Testaments appear in 1 vol. in triglot--Greek, Latin, German. But other copies appear (with a different t.p.) as a 2 vol. tetraglot, Hutter's Hebrew O.T. supplementing the original triglot, by becoming vol. 1. This item was intended to be vol. 1 of such an issue--Cf. Darlow & Moule 1425.

Originally issued in 1587 under title: Derekh ha-kodesh, sive, Biblia Sacra, eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma ... / authore Elia Hutter.

T.p. in red and black. Text in 4 pts., each with title in ornamental frame. Ornaments throughout. Added engraved t.p.: S[acrorum] Bibliorum quadrilinguium : tomus primus ... nunc primum emendate editus Hamburgi, 1595.

Signatures: [pi]⁴ A-2A⁴ 2B-2T⁶ 2V⁸ [chi]² 2X-3Z⁶, ²2A-3K⁶ ²3L⁴ (²3L2 + 2[chi]²) ²3M-3Z⁶, ³3A-3Z⁶ 4A⁴ ([chi]2 and 2[chi]2 blank).

Pagination: [8], 1-423, [5], 425-1135, [2], 1140-1572 p.

OONL copy. Bound in 2 v. Marginalia. 2G2 signed 2C2; 2[chi]2 (blank) wanting.

Includes bibliographical references (Darlow & Moule 1425, 5108; NUC pre-1956, v. 54, pages 61. Cf. BM STC German 1455-1600, p. 92 (1900.d.1) ).