[Bible] Novum testamentum [Greek], Paris, 1546, contemporary morocco with gilt interlaced panel stamp

Bible. New Testament. Greek

Της καινης διαθηκης απαντα. Novum testamentum. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1546

2 parts in one volume, 16mo (128 x 82mm.), woodcut device on title-pages, different Estienne device on final verso, woodcut initials and headpieces, text in Greek, ruled in red, contemporary Parisian brown morocco with gilt interlaced design, gilt edges, small repairs to title-page, second title-page loose, binding slightly rubbed, small label on upper cover

A charming copy of the small-format Estienne Greek New Testament, the first Estienne edition of the Greek text, in a fine contemporary interlaced binding.

LITERATURE

Darlow & Moule 4616; Mortimer, Harvard French 74; USTC 149681

PROVENANCE

Presentation bookplate of Barthélemy Hallé, priest of Rouen and archdeacon of Ango, sieur de Pittres et Berselou; Léopold Double, sale, 1863, lot 358; Thomas Brooke (1830-1908), of Armitage Bridge, armorial bookplate (not found in the sale catalogue of Sir John Arthur Brooke, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 25 May 1921)