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1st Hebrew Bible pritned in America - Philadelphia:
Thomas Dobson, 1814. 2 vol.
Prophets Vol. III,
Amos p. 1081
2:1 - 3:1 Thus saith Jehova:
p 1082
3:1 - 4:2 Hear this word

Hutter's Bible is unique for its use of a special
font with both solid + hollow letters: the root
letters of each word of the text are pritned with
solid type, while the auxilliary letters of a
word are printed with hollow type.

Hutter's Hexaglot Bible. Biblia Sacra,Ebraice,
Chaldaice, Graece, Latine. Germanice
Ed. + prefaced by Elias Hutter. Nuremberg 1599.
Six columns, each in a different language.
Unique hollow Hebrew letters.
Berkowitz #171 3 versions of the 1587 title page have been noted. Large
square "majuscule" type in both solid + hollow or outline
letters (Hohltypen). Omitted letters of the stem are printed
in a small character above the word.
Hutter had a wide choice of pritned texts available to him, but his
text does not agree exactly with any of his predecessors. However,
Hutter's primary concern was not so much textual as didactic. He
believed the Bible should be studied in its original language, + he
wanted to ease the difficulties in the way of students. For this
purpose he ingeniously employed 2 forms of type - the solid
letter for the root or stem + a hollow letter for prefixes +
suffixes. When a root letter did not appear in any word,
it was printed in a small type above it.

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