VOLUME ONE ONLY. RARE annotated Italian translation of the Hebrew Bible by Antonio Martini (1720-1809) - an Italian Biblical scholar and Archbishop of Florence, whose translation of the Bible into Italian, formally approved by the papacy, was widely used in Italy for about two centuries. This volume contains the following books: Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), Joshua, Judges, Samuel 1&2, Kings 1&2, Chronicles 1&2 (Books of Chronicles/Paralipomenon), Ezra, Tobias, Ruth, Judith, Esther, Books of the Maccabees 1&2, Job. Contains a color frontispiece and b&w full-page illustrations. 255x160mm. 1301 pages. Quarter-leather marbled board rebound Hardcover with gilt label on spine. Cover rubbed and scratched. Cover edges and corners bumped and peeling. Spine rubbed and dirty/stained. Spine edges bumped. Spine front hinge cracked, partly tattered and glued. Spine rear hinge wrinkled. Front whitepage creased. Front whitepage upper corner slightly torn. Pages lightly yellowing and partly age stained. Several p[ages bottom corner wrinkled. Few pages slightly age-stained. Page edges rough cut as published. Pages yellowing and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare edition of an influential and popular Italian translation of part of the Old Testament with commentaries, is otherwise in good condition. The beautiful prints are in good condition and ready for framing!