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PAGNINUS, Santes. Thesaurus Linguae sanctae Ex R. David Kimchi. Ed. Robert Estienne. Paris: Robert Estienne, 21st January 1548.
Median 4° (230 x 160mm). Collation: *a-*i4 (title, Estienne's preface, errata, index of biblical references); a-z A-Z aa-zz AA-ZZ aaa-zzz AAA-ZZZ Aa-Zz AAa-ZZz AAAa-CCCc4 (text); DDDd-KKKk4 (Latin and Hebrew indices). 812 leaves. Various sizes of Hebrew and Roman type, printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials. FINE CONTEMPORARY PARISIAN GOLD-TOOLED BINDING of flexible vellum, large arabesque centre-and corner-pieces blocked on sides (gilt slightly faded), a hatched tool repeated four times around the central compartment, the field semé with triple dots, flat spine tooled in compartment, gilt and elaborately gauffered edges, gothic manuscript vellum spine-lining, (ties removed). Provenance: Les-Feuillans, reformed Cistercians (two inscriptions, one dated 1593).
In the 1560's the Turkish centre-and-corner design was the height of fashion in Paris for binding decoration. VERY FINE CONDITION.
Median 4° (230 x 160mm). Collation: *a-*i4 (title, Estienne's preface, errata, index of biblical references); a-z A-Z aa-zz AA-ZZ aaa-zzz AAA-ZZZ Aa-Zz AAa-ZZz AAAa-CCCc4 (text); DDDd-KKKk4 (Latin and Hebrew indices). 812 leaves. Various sizes of Hebrew and Roman type, printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials. FINE CONTEMPORARY PARISIAN GOLD-TOOLED BINDING of flexible vellum, large arabesque centre-and corner-pieces blocked on sides (gilt slightly faded), a hatched tool repeated four times around the central compartment, the field semé with triple dots, flat spine tooled in compartment, gilt and elaborately gauffered edges, gothic manuscript vellum spine-lining, (ties removed). Provenance: Les-Feuillans, reformed Cistercians (two inscriptions, one dated 1593).
In the 1560's the Turkish centre-and-corner design was the height of fashion in Paris for binding decoration. VERY FINE CONDITION.