Lot 232
Biblical studies
Collection of works, 17th to 19th century
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Bible; Greek. Septuaginta Interpretum ... summa cura edidit Joannes Ernestus Grabe. Oxford: e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1707-19-20-09. 4 volumes in 2, folio, contemporary panelled calf, main text in Greek, engraved frontispiece of the author presenting the work to Queen Anne, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre to each title-page, engraved headpieces and initials, front pastedowns with bequest plates (Rev. Franke Parker to the Bishopric of Cornwall) and ownership inscriptions of William Henry Bliss, joints cracked, volume 1 front board held by one cord only;
Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo de. Variae lectiones Veteris Testamenti. Parma: ex Regio Typographeo, 1784-8. First edition, 4 volumes in 2, 4to, contemporary marbled sheep, rebacked and refurbished, volume 1 title-page damp-stained, various library plates and related ink-stamps to endpapers and versos of title-pages;
Du Pin, Louis Ellies. A New Ecclesiastical History of the Sixteenth Century. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1703-6. 2 volumes, folio, contemporary panelled calf, volume 1 with small worm-track in fore margins;
Trommius, Abraham. Concordantiae Graecae versionis vulgo distae lux interpretum. Amsterdam: sumptibus Societatis, 1718. First edition, 2 volumes, folio, modern quarter calf, half-titles, title-pages printed in red and black, moderate spotting and browning, volume 2 with institutional ink- and blind stamps to half-title and title-page;
Origen. Hexaplorum. Oxford: Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1875. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary red half morocco, rebacked;
the lot sold as a collection, not subject to return