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Lipsiae (Leipzig), J.H. Richter for heirs of Gr. Lanckisius, 1684. Title printed in red and black, many passages in Hebrew; 2 engraved maps in the text of Lake Tiberias and the Dead Sea. 5 lvs., 1152 pp., 56 lvs. - Bound with:Lightfoot, J. Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae in Acta Apostolorum, partem aliquam epistolae ad Romanos, et priorem ad Corinthos. Nunc primum in Germania . editae è Museo Jo. Benedicti Carpzovi. Lipsiae (Leipzig), J.E. Hahn for heirs of Fr. Lanckisius, 1679. Title printed in red and black, numerous passages in Hebrew. 6 lvs., 288 pp., 16 lvs. 4to. Contemporary vellum (front fly-leaves and inner boards of front-cover gone; somewhat loose).*Cf. Fürst II, 249. Cf. Lowndes 1359. Cf. Graesse IV, 209. The most valuable and best-known work of the English Biblical and Rabinical scholar John Lightfoot (1602 - 1675). It 'was designed to show the bearing of Jewish studies on the interpretation of the New Testament. It is a mine of information and has never been wholly superseded' (Cross). Joh. Benedictus Carpzov II (1639 -1699) was professor of Protestant theology and Hebrew at Leipzig. - Lightly browned; small stamp on first title.[(3561)]. Seller Inventory # 3561
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