[Rarebooks] FS: CRITICI SACRI 1698

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Pearson, John, et al. CRITICI SACRI, SIVE, ANNOTATA DOCTISSIMORUM 
VIRORUM IN VETUS AC NOVUM TESTAMENTUM: QUIBUS ACCEDUNT TRACTATUS 
VARII THEOLOGICO-PHILOLOGICI. EDITIO NOVA IN NOVEM TOMOS DISTRIBUTA, 
MULTIS ANECDOTIS COMMENTARIIS, AC INDICE AD TOTUM OPUS 
LOCUPLETISSIMO, AUCTA. [EIGHT VOLUMES IN NINE]. Amstelaedami 
[Amsterdam]: excudunt Henricus et vidua Theodori Boom, Joannes & 
Aegidius Janssonii a Waesberge, Gerhardus Borstius, Abraham a 
Someren, Joannes Wolters; Et Ultrajecti : Guiljemus vande Water, 
1698. Illus. with 13 engraved plates (7 folding) lettered A & 
numbered 1-12; 34 woodcuts, 2 engravings, numerous decorated initial 
letters and tailpieces, two title pages in red and black with large 
engraved vignettes. Folio. Later vellum over marbled paper-covered 
boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt

[61 lvs, lacking blank], 1132, 992 cols; [2lvs], 566, 432, 496, 304 
cols; [4 lvs], 1060, 1196 cols (1 lv. at 1004), [2 lvs]; [2 lvs], 
992, 408, 276,[1 blank], 1020 cols; [2 lvs], 440, 838 cols; [2 lvs], 
740, 352, [1 lv], 404, 168 cols; [2 lvs], lxiv, 1000, 8000, 500 cols; 
[2 lvs], 1376, 1190 cols; [2 lvs], 616, 232, [1 lv], 1544 cols, [36 
lvs].

Brunet II, 426. Orme, Bibliotheca Biblica 128. Walch IV, 421. De Bure 157.

Editio nova. Prepared under the direction of John Pearson, Anthony 
Scattergood, Francis Gouldman, and Richard Pearson. Vol. 1, pt. 1. 
Genesis and Exodus; Vol. 1, pt. 2. Leviticus, Numbers, and 
Deuteronomy; Vol. 2. The historical books and the book of Job; Vol. 
3. Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon; Vol. 4. Books 
of the Prophets; Vol. 5. The Apocrypha, and 7 tracts on Jewish 
antiquities; Vol. 6. The Gospels; Vol. 7. Acts of the Apostles and 
the Pauline Epistles; Vol. 8. Epistles, Revelation, and tracts on 
various subjects. Index at end of Vol. 8. Vol. 1, pt. 1 has general 
and special title page.; v. 1, pt. 2- v. 8 have special title page 
only. Text in Latin, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, Syriac.

Critici Sacri was intended as a companion for the Polyglot Bible, 
published by Bishop Walton, in 1657. Combining the works of many of 
the best English and continental scholars of the sixteenth and 
seventeenth centuries, John Pearson, archdeacon of Surrey at the 
time, produced "the most important collection of Biblical critics 
ever made....In point of size the work of Poole has advantages but no 
man man who is acquainted with both works will ever prefer the 
Synopsis to the original," (Clarke, Holy Bible, 1837.) Contains the 
entire annotations of Munster, Vatabalus, Castalio, Clarius, Drusius, 
and Grotius on all or nearly all of the Old Testament, Fagius on the 
Chaldaic Paraphrase of the Pentateuch, and the first four chapters of 
Genesis; the commentaries of Masius on Joshua; Codurcus'; annotations 
on Job; Pricaeus on the Psalms; Bayne on the Proverbs; Forerius' 
commentary on Isaiah; Lively on Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and 
Jonah; Badwell on the Apocrypha; Hoeschel on Ecclesiastes, and more. 
For the New Testament, there are the collations of Valla, with the 
animadversions of Revius, Erasmus' annotations, commentaries by 
Vatabalus, Castalio, Clarius, Zegerus, Grotius, Munster, Drusius, 
Scaliger, Casaubon, Cameron, Lud. Capellus, Jac. Capellus, 
Gualtperius, Schultetus, and Pricaeus. Also included are philological 
tracts and dissertations including John Gregory's Notes and 
Observations; Fagius's Comparison of the principal Translations of 
the Old Testament; Cartwright's Mellijicium Ebraicum; Drusius on the 
Mandrakes; Jos. Scaliger and Amama on Tythes; Lud. Capellus on the 
Vow of Jephthah and Corban; Pithoeus De Latinis Bibliorum 
Interpretationibus; Hosti- us De fabrica Arcae Ngae; Rittershusius De 
Jure Asylorum; A Hatius De Engastrymutho; Montanus on Jewish 
Antiquities; Bertram and Cunaeus on the Hebrew Republic; Waser on the 
ancient Coins and Measures of the Hebrews, Chaldeans, and Syrians; 
and much more. This is the second and best edition, much augmented 
from the first of 1660. Typographically, as well as textually, the 
work exceeds that of the first Englsh edition having been the 
concerted effort of six Dutch publishers and booksellers (five from 
Amsterdam and one from Utrecht), with at least two doing the bulk of 
the printing including Hendrik Wetstein. Contains a rare variant of 
Benedict Arias Montanus' Sacrae Geographiae Tabula double hemisphere 
world map from the Polyglot Bible, showing how Noah's three sons 
repopulated the world; this version is unique in containing two 
scenes: one of the Garden of Eden and sunlight and one of the 
darkness and the deluge.

Vellum soiled, boards rubbed, a few tears and splits to the vellum, 
small shallow chip to the head of the spine on one volume, shadows of 
spine labels, some edge wear, small institutional book plate to front 
pastedowns, leaves some scattered staining and soiling, often at the 
rear, one volume with minor marginal worming, partially repaired, two 
leaves at rear of one volume reattached, occasional repair, one leaf 
with marginal tear, leaves mostly clean, folding maps are without 
tears but some minor soiling or staining, one plate creased, one with 
extra fold, a few with damp stain to edges, one scuffed at top and 
repaired on verso, overall a good set of this important compendium of 
biblical scholarship. [33712] $9500.00


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