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Seder Olam Rabbah and Seder Olam Zutta – Jewish Chronology – Bilingual Edition in Hebrew and Latin – Amsterdam, 1699

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Seder Olam Rabbah and Seder Olam Zutta / Sive Chronicon Hebraeorum Majus et Minus [Two Midrashic Chronologies]. Latin translation: Johannes Meyer. Amsterdam: Joannem Wolters, 1699. Hebrew and Latin. First edition.
Hebrew-Latin edition of the books Seder Olam Rabbah and Seder Olam Zutta, two chronologies covering together the period between the creation of the world and the early period of the Geonim. This edition brings the entire Hebrew text of both works, alongside a Latin translation by Christian scholar Johannes Meyer, and includes Latin commentary and notes.
[12] ff., 1283, [1] pp. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor worming to some leaves (slightly affecting text). Leather-covered binding, slightly worn. Bookplate (with writing in pen) on inside back board.
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