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SEVERUS, of Antioch (ca 465-538). De ritibus baptismi, et sacrae synaxis apud syros christianos recepis, liber. Ed. by Guy Le Fevrè de la Boderie (1541-1598). Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1572.
4o (192 x 141 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, initials. 16th-century Parisian olive morocco for Jacques-Auguste de Thou [not later than 1587], blocked with de Thou's arms as a bachelor [Olivier 216 fers 1 and 3, Musea Nostra, p. 41] within a triple fillet frame, gilt spine with five bands and 'IADT' cypher at foot, gilt edges (some minor wear at extremities); modern cloth box. Provenance: Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617; binding); purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 25 March 1958.
FIRST EDITION. Text in Syriac and Latin, with Syriac in Hebrew (Aramaic) transliteration. The type used was the fine Syriac type which Robert Granjon cut for Plantin's Polyglot Bible. Le Fevre de la Boderie and his brother Nicolas were among the editors of this famous Bible and the present volume can be considered an offspring of this effort. Reulens and De Backer note its rarity, mentioning that canon Douche had confessed to Van Hulthem that after searching several years for a copy he had come to doubt its existence. No copies appear in American Book Prices Current in at least 30 years. Adams S-1021; Brunet V:323.
[Bound with:] SEVERUS, of Antioch. Syriacae linguae prima elementa. Antwerp: Plantin, 1572. Later edition, after the first of 1555, of this Syriac language primer. Some confusion surrounds this book, as Adams lists it both under Severus (S-1023) and Johan Albert von Widmanstadt (W-139), with the same collation. Under Severus is noted that this work is often found at the end of Severus's De ritibus baptismi, as here. Adding to the confusion is the appearance under both author's names of the earlier edition of Vienna: Michaëlis Cymbermanni, 21 November 1555. The University of Cambridge Library catalogue includes the title under both authors's names.
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FIRST EDITION. Text in Syriac and Latin, with Syriac in Hebrew (Aramaic) transliteration. The type used was the fine Syriac type which Robert Granjon cut for Plantin's Polyglot Bible. Le Fevre de la Boderie and his brother Nicolas were among the editors of this famous Bible and the present volume can be considered an offspring of this effort. Reulens and De Backer note its rarity, mentioning that canon Douche had confessed to Van Hulthem that after searching several years for a copy he had come to doubt its existence. No copies appear in American Book Prices Current in at least 30 years. Adams S-1021; Brunet V:323.
[Bound with:] SEVERUS, of Antioch. Syriacae linguae prima elementa. Antwerp: Plantin, 1572. Later edition, after the first of 1555, of this Syriac language primer. Some confusion surrounds this book, as Adams lists it both under Severus (S-1023) and Johan Albert von Widmanstadt (W-139), with the same collation. Under Severus is noted that this work is often found at the end of Severus's De ritibus baptismi, as here. Adding to the confusion is the appearance under both author's names of the earlier edition of Vienna: Michaëlis Cymbermanni, 21 November 1555. The University of Cambridge Library catalogue includes the title under both authors's names.