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New Testament in Greek
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Nouum testamentum graece. Hagenau: Thomas Anshelm, March 1521
- leather,ink,paper
Quarto (192 × 137 mm), red and black printing, woodcut headpieces, borderpieces, and historiated initials. Collation: π4; a-z A-Z aa-zz4. 280 leaves. a2r-zz3r foliated 2-279. π2r-3r, Nicolaus Gerbelius Christianis omnibus; zz3r-4r errata, zz4r colophon: Hagenoae, in aedibus Thomae Anshelmi Badensis. Mense Martio. Anno salutis nostrae M. D. XXI. Extensive early marginalia. Sixteenth-century German deerskin, blind-tooled, edges green-stained; spine bands rubbed and other wear.
Provenance
Bernhardus Taddel (early title-page signature)
Literature
Formatting the Word of God 5.4; Darlow & Moule 4598; Adams B1648
Condition
Quarto (192 × 137 mm), red and black printing, woodcut headpieces, borderpieces, and historiated initials. Collation: π4; a-z A-Z aa-zz4. 280 leaves. a2r-zz3r foliated 2-279. π2r-3r, Nicolaus Gerbelius Christianis omnibus; zz3r-4r errata, zz4r colophon: Hagenoae, in aedibus Thomae Anshelmi Badensis. Mense Martio. Anno salutis nostrae M. D. XXI. Extensive early marginalia. Sixteenth-century German deerskin, blind-tooled, edges green-stained; spine bands rubbed and other wear.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The first edition of the Greek New Testament in portable format. Edited by Nikolaus Gerbel of Pforzheim, ecclesiastical lawyer in Strasbourg, who had assisted Oecolampadius in proof-reading the 1516 edition of Erasmus’s Greek-Latin New Testament, which was used as source text.