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(BIBLE

Robert Estienne the Elder

Paris

1543-1555

Complete in three volumes.. Wide-margined copy. Scattered Latin marginalia. Vol. I - Pentateuch (Paris, 1543): pp. (2), 579, (1 blank). Five Scrolls (Paris 1555): pp. 79, (1 blank). Chronicles (Paris1543): pp. 180. Ezra and Nehemiah (Paris, 1541): pp. 71, (1 blank). Vol. II - Joshua, Judges, Kings (Paris, 1544): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-501, (3 blank). Job (Paris, 1541): (1), (1 blank), 3-59, (1 blank). Psalms (Paris, 1540): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-151, (1 blank). Proverbs (Paris, 1540): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-53, (1 blank). Vol. III - Isaiah (Paris, 1539): (1), (1 blank), 3-124; Jeremiah (Paris, 1540): (1), (1 blank), 3-163, (1 blank). Ezekiel (Paris, 1541): (1), (1 blank), 3-139, (1 blank). Daniel (Paris, 1540): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-47, (1 blank). Trei Asar [Twelve Minor Prophets](Paris, 1539): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-66, (2 blank). Joel (Paris, 1540): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-20. Amos (Paris, 1540): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-44. Obadiah (Paris, 1540): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-8. Jonah (Paris, 1540): (1), (1 blank), 3-14, (2 blank). Micah (Paris, 1539): (1), (1 blank), 3-32. Nahum (Paris, 1539): (1), (1 blank), 3-15, (1 blank). Habakkuk (Paris, 1539): (1), (1 blank), 3-19, (1 blank). Zephaniah (Paris, 1539): (1), (1 blank), 3-16. Habakkuk (duplicated) (Paris, 1539): (1), (1 blank), 3-19, (1 blank). Haggai (Paris, 1539): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-12. Zachariah (Paris, 1540): pp. (1), (1 blank), 3-59, (1 blank). Malachi (Paris, 1540): (1), (1 blank), 3-18.

Vinograd, Paris 16; Darlow and Moule 5089

“Robert Estienne [was] the most outstanding figure in the Renaissance book trade in France. As a printer...he occupies today a chief place in the history of typography, and it is to him primarily that the Estienne dynasty owes its reputation in this field.” F. Schreiber, The Estiennes, An Annotated Catalogue (1982) 45.