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BIBLE, New Testament, Syriac. Kethabha dh-Ewangeliyon Kaddisha... Liber sacrosancti evangelii de Jesu Christo domino & deo nostro, relique hoc codice comprehensa pagina proxima indicabit. Vienna: Michael Cymbermann, 1555.
4o (195 x 140 mm). Title printed in red and black, some chapter headings printed in red, 16 full-page woodcut illustrations and final leaf with woodcut device, gilt edges. (Without the dedications to parts III, V and VII Aa*1-Aa**4, aa4 and AA4 as usual.) Modern calf. Provenance: Philadelphia Divinity School (perforated stamp on title and last leaf).
FIRST EDITION, OF THE SYRIAC NEW TESTAMENT AND THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN SYRIAC with type prepared by Guillaume Postel after the handwriting of Moses of Mardin, the assistant to J.M. Widmanstädt. Printed in 1000 copies for distribution this copy is variant B. Adams B-1797; Darlow & Moule 8947-8948.
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FIRST EDITION, OF THE SYRIAC NEW TESTAMENT AND THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN SYRIAC with type prepared by Guillaume Postel after the handwriting of Moses of Mardin, the assistant to J.M. Widmanstädt. Printed in 1000 copies for distribution this copy is variant B. Adams B-1797; Darlow & Moule 8947-8948.