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Auction 1 · Lot 60

Mikra-Biblia Hebraica / Novum Testamentum Graecum.

Estimate
$250–$300
Hammer price
$130

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(BIBLE, Hebrew, Ancient Greek and Latin. OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS).

printer

Pierre de la Rouvière

Place

Geneva

Publication

1618-19

Description

Two volumes bound in one. Hebrew text of the Old Testament and Greek version of the New Testament, each with an interlinear Latin translation. Two title pages, each with printer’s device, Hebrew volume with additional engraved title.

references

Darlow & Moule 5117 and 4667

summary

A Geneva reprint (first issued in 1609) of Plantin’s 1584 edition (see lot), however here the Greek text contains supplementary material - in this copy bound prior to the Apocrypha - and variations from that of Plantin’s.
Lightly stained, recent half-morocco, folio
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