<<THE LONDON POLYGLOT>>). Walton, Brian, (Ed.) Old and New Testament and Apocrypha. Text in nine languages: Hebrew, Samaritan, Aramaic (Targum Onkelos), Greek, Latin, Syriac, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Persian (Farsi).
AUCTION 76 |
Thursday, June 14th,
2018 at 3:00 PM
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 67
(BIBLE
<<THE LONDON POLYGLOT>>). Walton, Brian, (Ed.) Old and New Testament and Apocrypha. Text in nine languages: Hebrew, Samaritan, Aramaic (Targum Onkelos), Greek, Latin, Syriac, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Persian (Farsi).
London: Thomas Roycroft 1655-57
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $9,500
“The fourth and the last of the great Polyglots; known as the London, or Walton’s Polyglot. The most accurate and best-equipped of the great Polyglots.” Darlow & Moule 1446.
The original ("republican") version was printed with a lengthy preface in Volume I discussing Oliver Cromwell’s role in the importation of paper for this edition. After the Restoration, copies not yet sold were given the "loyalist" preface, which omitted mention of Cromwell`s help in the production of the book.
<<Accompanied by:>> Edmund Castell. Lexicon Heptaglotton. Two volumes. London, Thomas Roycroft, 1669.
Darlow & Moule note that Castell’s work is “often bound uniformly with, and as a supplement to, this Polyglot Bible, and really forms an essential part of the work.”