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BIBLE, in Greek -- Tes Kaines Diathekes Hapanta [in Greek] Novum Iesu Christi Nostri Testamentum. Ex Regiis aliisque optimis editionibus cum cura expressum, Sedan: John Jannon, 1629. 85 x 47mm., Greek text (slight browning), later calf (corners rubbed).
This is the the only book Jannon printed in Greek. H. T. Sheringham comments: "It is, indeed, with the seventeenth century that the practicability of making a collection of miniature books really begins ... The most famous specimens of all are the little series from the press of John Jannon at Sedan."
This is the the only book Jannon printed in Greek. H. T. Sheringham comments: "It is, indeed, with the seventeenth century that the practicability of making a collection of miniature books really begins ... The most famous specimens of all are the little series from the press of John Jannon at Sedan."