Sefer Mishlei Shlomo with sefarim from Ketuvim: Mishlei, Iyov, and the five Meggilot: Shir HaShirim, Ruth, Eichah, Kohelet and Esther. Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii . Leiden, 1608.
Bilingual title page: Proverbia Salomonis, Iob, Canticum Canticorum, Ruth, Lamentationes, Jeremiae, Ecclesiastes, Esther . Despite Sefer Yirmiyahu being mentioned here in Latin on the title page, it was not printed in this edition.
Early and rare edition of Ketuvim – Chamesh Meggilot. [There are those who view this as the first known complete edition of Tana”ch in the world]. This particular edition is especially beautiful. It features vowelization and cantillation, and the first word of each sefer is surrounded by a decorative woodcut. Each fifth verse is marked with a letter. Copperplate etching of the printer’s device on the title page.
[308] pp. 115 mm. Relatively wide margins.
Fine condition. Isolated worming perforations. Antique parchment binding with blemishes on the spine and on the flyleaf.