Auction 13 · Lot 177

Hebrew). Complete in three volumes. With Nikud (vowel-points). Complete with 23 divisional titles and main title, lacking from most copies.

Estimate: $6,000–$8,000
Hammer price: $9,000

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

author

(BIBLE

printer

Robert Estienne the Elder

Place

Paris

Publication

1539-44

Description

Minor Prophets with commentary by David Kimchi (RaDa”K)

references

Vinograd, Paris 16; Darlow & Moule 5089; Adams B-1221

summary

A FINE, Wide-margined set. “Robert Estienne [was] the most outstanding figure in the Renaissance booktrade 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) p.45. In June 1539, Robert Estienne was appointed Royal Printer and Bookseller in Hebrew and Latin. He immediately commissioned Jehan Arnoul to cut a new Hebrew type in preparation for the printing of this famous quarto Hebrew Bible, an edition renowned for it’s typographic artistry.

I:pp. (2),579. II: pp.59, (1); 151, (1); 53,(3);78,(1); 124; 163,(1);139,(1);47,(1);66,(2); 44; 8; 14,(2); 32; 15,(1); 19,(1); 16; 12; 59,(1); 18. III:pp. 501, (3),180, 71. Dampstained in places. Modern uniform blind-tooled maroon morocco. 4to

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