Lot 120
Eusebius Pamphilus
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
£720
Description
Evangelicae praeparationis lib. XV. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1544 [with] Evangelicae demonstrationis lib. X. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1545, 2 works in one volume, folio, text in Greek, woodcut device on title-pages, woodcut initials and headpieces, 18th century mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, extremities rubbed, joints cracked
Footnote
Provenance: Greek library stamps at foot of title-page; Robert Lenkiewicz (1942-2001), artist.
Note: Renouard, p.59.
Editiones principes. These are also the first works to use the Greek type of Claude Garamond, known as the grecs du roi.