Auction 40 · Lot 64
Hebrew). Complete. Bound in seventeen volumes.
- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000
- Hammer price
- $24,000
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.
Uniform 17th-century gilt-tooled maroon calf. Spine in compartments tooled with gilt lettering. Marbled end-papers.
references
Darlow & Moule (noted only, not listed) below no. 5089; Adams B-1224; Vinograd, Paris 18
summary
A splendid, beautifully bound set.
“A typographical jewel.” F. Schreiber, The Estiennes, An Annotated Catalogue (1982) no.82.
Tom I: Genesis; Tom II: Exodus; Tom III: Leviticus; Tom IV: Numbers; Tom V: Deuteronomy; Tom VI: Joshua/Judges; Tom VII: Samuel; Tom VIII: Kings; Tom IX: Chronicles; Tom X: Daniel/Ezra/Nehemia; Tom XI: Proverbs/Job; Tom XII: Psalms; Tom XIII: Five Megilloth; Tom XIV: Isaiah; Tom XV: Jeremiah; Tom XVI: Ezekiel; Tom XVII: Minor Prophets.
Books of Psalms and Five Megilloth ruled in red. Last leaf in Psalms, noted in Adams as blank, here contains a colophon. Occasional manuscript notes marking chapter and verse numbers in many of the volumes. Latin notes to Isaiah, one leaf loose. 16mo
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