Auction 15 · Lot 93
Complete in five volumes. With Nikud (vowel-points). Divisional titles. Printer’s device on all titles
- Estimate
- $6,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- $7,500
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
“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. 501;180. III: pp.124;163(1);139,(1), first few leaves annotated in an early Latin hand. IV: pp.151,(1);53,(1);59,(1);79,(1);47,(1);71,(1). V: pp.66,(2);20;44;14(2);32;15,(1);19,(1);16;12,(8);59,(1);18. Interleaved, interlinear Latin translation in an early hand. Modern uniform blind-tooled morocco. Housed in a matching slip-box. 4to
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