Accession number:
PML 15500
Uniform title:
Bible. New Testament. Greek. Estienne. 1546.
Published:
Lutetiae : Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi Regii, typis Regiis, M. D. XVLI [1546]
Description:
2 v. in 1
Notes:
Printer's device on the title page of both volumes; variant on verso of final leaf of v. 2.
Colophon from v. 2.: Excudebat Rob. Stephanus typographus regius Luctetiae, ann. M. D. XLVI. VII. id. Novemb.
Second part has title: Hai tou hagiou Paulou epistolai. Hai katholikai epistolai. Apokalupsis tou hagiou Ioannou tou theologou.
Reprinted in 1549 with a few changes.
Foliated Greek initials; headpieces.
1st "O mirificam" edition; the 2nd was published in 1549.
Binding:
Red morocco inlaid and tooled by Le Gascon, gauffered edges, gilt and painted, in a dark green bound slipcase.
Variant Title:
Novum Testamentum ex bibliotheca regia
Provenance:
Bookplate of James Toovey, but not in Toovey collection. Armorial bookplate with the motto "Dieu defend le droit", belonging to an Earl Spencer.
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