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Auction 10 · Lot 33
Hebrew). Complete, bound in eight volumes
- Estimate
- $6,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(BIBLE
printer
Robert Estienne the Elder
Place
Paris
Publication
1543-46
Description
Printer’s device on all titles, with Nikud (vowel-points), initial words within engraved cartouche
references
Darlow & Moule (noted only, not listed) below no.5089; Adams B-1224; Vinograd, Paris 18
summary
Splendidly printed pocket Renaissance Hebrew Bible. “Very rare and seldom found complete...a typographical jewel.” F. Schreiber, The Estiennes (1982) no.82. For an example bound in 17 volumes, see Kestenbaum & Company, March 28th, 2000, lot 173
Uniform 18th century gilt-ruled brown mottled calf each gilt-tooled on upper and lower covers with central cartouche. Spine in compartments, gilt-tooled with floral embellishments, gently rubbed and worn at extremities. Housed in a modern slip-box.16mo
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