Main entry--uniform title
Bible. 1657 Polyglot.
Title
S.S. Biblia sacra polyglotta. Complectentia textus originales Hebraicos, cum Pentat. Samarit: Chaldaicos Græcos. : versionumque antiquarum, Samaritanæ, Græcæ LXXII interp., Chaldaicos Syriacæ, Arabicæ, Æthiopicæ, Persicæ, Vulg. Lat., quicquid compari poterat : cum textuu & 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.
Imprint
Londini : imprimebat Thomas Roycroft, MDCLVII [1657]
Physical description
6 v. : : ill., plan, port. 2⁰.
Note
Texts in Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Aramaic (the Targum Onkelos), Ethiopic, Greek (the Septuagint), Hebrew, Persian, and Syriac (the Peshitta); editorial matter in Latin.
Note
Collective t.p., illustrated t.p., and frontispiece bound at the beginning of vol. 1.
Note
Added illustrated t.p. reads: S.S. Biblia polyglotta.
Note
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.
Note
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.
Note
Each vol. has special t.p. Vol. 1 is dated 1653; vol. 2, 1655; vol. 3, 1656; vols. 4-5 and Appendix, 1657.
Note
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Walton signed: Lombart sculpsit; engraved t.p. signed: W. Hollar fecit.
Note
Vols. 1-2 appear on reel 1167, vols. 3-4 on reel 1168, and vols. 5-6 on reel 1169.
Note
Imperfect: vol. 1 has first signature O1 lacking.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), B2797
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1981. 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1167, 1168, 1169).
Subject
1641-1700 local
Added entry--name
Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.
Added entry--name
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.
Added entry--name
Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682.
Added entry--place
Great Britain England London.
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