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Hebrew. Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, edited by Benjamin Kennicott, 2 vol., 2 lists of subscribers, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1776-1780 bound with Kennicott (Benjamin) Dissertatio Generalis in Vetus Testamentum Hebraicaum, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1780, first editions, some foxing to titles, a few ff. with ink stains, occasional spotting or marking, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrips with red and black morocco labels, vol.1 upper joint split, but holding, both vol. worn at extremities, rubbed, [D&M 5160], folio *** The earliest attempt to provide a large scale critical edition of the Old Testament, from collations of all the known Hebrew manuscripts and printed editions of the Bible, which took Kennicott and other participating scholars ten years to complete.