[HEBREW BIBLE]. Paris, Robert Estienne, s.d. [1546?] - Lot 185

[HEBREW BIBLE]. Paris, Robert Estienne, s.d. [1546?] 3 parts in one in-16 volume, first small-format edition of Robert Estienne's Hebrew Bible comprising 3 parts including the Song of Songs and the Proverbs of Solomon and Job out of the 17 that make up the complete work. Bound in full contemporary limp vellum with flaps, the boards with double filleting and central medallion, smooth spine decorated with faux-nerfs and fleurs-de-lis. "A typographical gem, and perhaps the most beautiful thing ever printed in the Hebrew language" Renouard. (copy incomplete of first title leaf and last few leaves, leaf Aii unstained with angular loss, last leaf soiled, traces of wetness, binding worn and warped).