Lot 370
Bible. New Testament. Greek
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
[Greek title] Novum Jesu Christi D.N. Testamentum cum duplici interpretatione, D. Erasmi, & veteris interpretis; Harmonia item evangelica, & copioso indice. [Geneva]: ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1551, small 8vo, pp. [iv], 463, verso blank, text in two columns of Greek and Latin, printer's woodcut device on the title, ruled in red throughout, modern soft calf binding, lacking the Harmonia & indices
Footnote
Note: Adams B 1688; Armstrong Estienne p. 225-227
Printed with the smallest of the grecs du roy and with the verses numbered for the first time, this is one of the first products of Robert Esteinne's new press at Geneva to where the printer had removed after facing increasing hostility from the Faculty of Theology in Paris who, in 1574, had condemned his entire corpus of biblical publications in Latin.
Provenance: Inherited by the vendor's family from the library of Lachlan McBean.