This is one of the earliest books in Hebrew printed in Frankfurt an der Oder. Johann Hartmann (1537-1607) founded the printing firm in 1585. Together with his son Friedrich (b.1563), he printed the Hebrew Bible in three parts: Part 1, Pentateuch, Five Scrolls, and Former Prophets; Part 2, Latter Prophets; Part 3, Writings. The parts are separated by title pages that use an architectural frame first used in the Wittenberg Hebrew Bible of 1586. Zacharias Crato, the Wittenberg publisher, was hired to cast new Hebrew letters with vowels. Frankfurt (Oder) became a center for Hebrew publishing by the end of the 17th century. GTU only has the first of the two volumes. Originally from the library of Enoch Pond, 1791-1882, a noted Congregational minister and writer, donated by his son.