Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern

Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern

Property from the Loverdos Collection

Bible in Greek, Paris, Estienne, 1550, ruled in red, old limp vellum

Lot Closed

July 18, 10:34 AM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Bible. New Testament. Greek


Της καινης διαθηκης απαντα... Novum Iesu Christi D.N. Testamentum. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1550


folio (329 x 220mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, canon tables within woodcut frames, woodcut initials and headpieces, ruled in red, near-contemporary limp vellum, gilt edges, last two leaves damaged and repaired with slight loss; otherwise a good copy


The Editio regia, with critical apparatus in the margins indicating variant readings taken from manuscripts (including the Codex Bezae) and the Complutensian Polyglot. 


LITERATURE

Darlow & Moule 4622; Mortimer, Harvard French 78; Schreiber, Estienne 105; USTC 150710

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