Lot 23
  • 23

New Testament in Greek

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • [Greek title: TÊS KAINÊS DIATHÊKÊS HAPANTA] Nouum Testamentum. Ex Bibliotheca regia. Paris: Robert Estienne, 12 October 1549
  • ink,leather,paper
Sextodecimo (128 × 75 mm). Greek and Roman types, woodcut initials and headpieces, printer’s devices. Collation: a-z A-K8 (Gospels, Acts), aa-zz8. (Pauline and Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse): 448 leaves, zz5v blank, zz6r colophon, zz6v olive-tree device, zz7-8 blank. Bound in two volumes, late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century French black straight-grain morocco gilt, yellow silk endleaves, edges gilt, signed by Bozérian jeune; red-ruled, a tall copy.

Provenance

Robert Schumann (monogram RS bookplate)

Literature

Darlow & Moule 4620; Adams B1660

Condition

Sextodecimo (128 × 75 mm). Greek and Roman types, woodcut initials and headpieces, printer's devices. Collation: a-z A-K8 (Gospels, Acts), aa-zz8. (Pauline and Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse): 448 leaves, zz5v blank, zz6r colophon, zz6v olive-tree device, zz7-8 blank. Bound in two volumes, late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century French black straight-grain morocco gilt, yellow silk endleaves, edges gilt, signed by Bozérian jeune; red-ruled, a tall copy.
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Catalogue Note

The second Estienne sextodecimo edition, following the 1546 edition page by page, but without an errata list.