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BIBLE, New Testament, Greek, edited by R. Estienne. Paris: Robertus Stephanus, 15 June 1550. 2° (340 x 228mm), grecs du roi types, Estienne basilisk device on title and divisional title, his olive tree device on final verso, 6 pages of Eusebian canon tables with woodcut frames, woodcut foliated and grotesque initials and headpieces, cherub headpiece on H7r. (Light stain in one leaf, a little light spotting, faint marginal dampstain in final few quires.) 18th-century vellum, red sprinkled edges (tear at spine). Provenance: purchase inscription, 18 May [1680]; Cornelius Wijthag (early 18th-century inscription); Charles Henry Bouverie (armorial bookplate); C.C. Balston.
THE THIRD, MOST IMPORTANT EDITION OF ESTIENNE'S GREEK NEW TESTAMENT. Estienne collated 15 manuscripts, including the Codex Bezae for the first time, to produce this edition, and its influence lasted for more than two centuries. It is also the first edition to contain a critical apparatus, and it marks the first appearance of the third and largest "grecs du roi" type, accompanied here by the two smaller sizes of this special font. Adams B-1161; Darlow and Moule 4622; Mortimer, Harvard French, 78; Schreiber 105.
THE THIRD, MOST IMPORTANT EDITION OF ESTIENNE'S GREEK NEW TESTAMENT. Estienne collated 15 manuscripts, including the Codex Bezae for the first time, to produce this edition, and its influence lasted for more than two centuries. It is also the first edition to contain a critical apparatus, and it marks the first appearance of the third and largest "grecs du roi" type, accompanied here by the two smaller sizes of this special font. Adams B-1161; Darlow and Moule 4622; Mortimer, Harvard French, 78; Schreiber 105.
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