Sefer Tehillim, (Liber Psalmorum Hebraïce ... Ex Ed. Vet. Test. Heb. Benj. Kennicott S.T.P.) Cambridge, Massachussetts: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1809

[2], 494 pages (6½ x 4 in.; 165 x 102 mm) lacking only the final six verses. Lightly browned, some marginal spotting or dampstains. Old brown cloth; head and foot of spine rubbed.

Jewish Library Association of Baltimore, Maryland (stamp on title and page 1) — M. Pacholder (stamp on page 1)

Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America, 1; Rosenbach 152 (locating only one copy - his own); Sabin 66455; Shaw & Shoemaker 17004; John Wright, Early Bibles in America (1894), p. 122

[2], 494 pages (6½ x 4 in.; 165 x 102 mm) lacking only the final six verses.Lightly browned, some marginal spotting or dampstains. Old brown cloth; head and foot of spine rubbed.
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The earliest printing of any part of the bible in Hebrew in America

The present edition of the Psalms was the first book printed in the Hebrew language in America. it was issued by the press of Harvard College in 1809.

At the top of each page is the unvocalized Hebrew text of Psalms, which appears above a Latin translation. At the bottom of the page are two parallel columns in Latin; the first contains "selected [Latin} notes from the edition of Francis Hare" and the second, "selected variant readings" from the work of Benjamin Kennicott.