Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Printed by Menasseh ben Israel – Amsterdam, 1630-1631

Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Printed by Menasseh ben Israel – Amsterdam, 1630-1631

Five Books of the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, 1630-1631.
Special copy with margins enlarged by mounted paper and blank leaves added alternately between part of the leaves. Several leaves at the beginning of the book and additional places filled in by hand, with a translation of the verses into English.
On verso of title page, handwritten inscription in English of the title of a work, "The Evangelical Interpreter: or an Interpretation of the Book of Genesis with Practical Observations", and several lines from the beginning of the book.
Printed without vocalization, in two columns. Every fifth verse numbered. Divisional title pages for Neviim Rishonim and Neviim Acharonim. One of the only Bible editions at the time printed by Jews. Two columns per page, like the Bible edition used by R. Aryeh Levin for Goral HaGra, following a special tradition transmitted from the Vilna Gaon.

465, 486-612 pages. 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. All leaves mounted on paper with wide margins, cut to fit the printed leaves, enlarging the margins. In part of the book, blank leaves bound between leaves. Stains, including many stains to title page. Light worming. Detached leaves and gatherings. Old binding, with leather spine and corners. Wear and damage to binding.