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1566D14106Geneva: Henricus Stephanus 1566. Hardcover. Very Good. Early-19th century red morocco boards and spine ruled in gilt gilt-stamped lettering in second spine compartment 5 raised bands; 4to 257x158m; pp. 4 539 33 index with woodcut printer's device on title-page. Spine and edges of boards somewhat darkened; binding a bit scuffed. Text block is lovely. Provenance: Arthur Machen acquired at the Anderson Auction Company December 1903. <br/><br/>Estienne's important edition of the Greek Anthology which provided a far superior text than its predecessors. For this edition Henri devised a system of diacritical marks peculiar to himself notae sibi peculiares to denote various classes of proper nouns and also employs in the margins the symbol of the hand with pointing finger to call attention to gnomic expressions in the text Schreiber. Adams A-1187; Schreiber 159. Henricus Stephanus hardcover
158448696Antverpiae: Ex officina Christophori Plantini 1584. Folio 6 parts in 1; pp. 8 186 2; 128; collating: ¶ⴠA-Yâ´ Zâ¶; Aa-Qqâ´; woodcut device on title page; bound with: Biblica Hebraica Antverpiae 1584 Hebrew-Latin Old Testament Greek-Latin Apocrypha etc. in various pagings from back of book viz.: pp. 20 183 1; 283 1; 84; 203 1; collating from the back: †ⴠ‡ⶠA-Oâ¶ Pâ¸; a-xâ¶ y-z⸠aa-ggâ¶ AA-RRâ¶; in all 551 leaves; text in double column in Hebrew Greek and Latin; early 18th century calf blindstamped panels on covers red morocco label on spine; covers with dampstains corners bumped and showing small cracks starting at the extremities of the joints occasional light minor dampstaining but in all a very good and reasonably sound copy. Terminal flyleaf with elaborately penned inscription: "Isaac Sharpe flourishes dono Patris 1719." On the rear pastedown is Sharpe's early "Coll. Mag." bookplate dated April 4 1683 - possibly the date of his matriculation at Magdalene College Cambridge. The Greek N.T. starts at the beginning of the volume and the Hebrew O.T. at the end with the Greek Apocrypha of 128 pages between them. Each Testament has its own title page and the mention of the Apocrypha on both suggests that it was intended to form an appendix to either of the Testaments if they were issued separately. See Darlow & Moule 4645 and 5106: "This forms the latter half of the complete Bible in the original languages with an interlinear Latin translation; the whole reprinted from the Antwerp polyglot"; Voet A2 p. 320. Ex officina Christophori Plantini unknown
1514372265Alcala de Henares: Arnao Guilem de Brocar 1514. First edition of the New Testament in Greek published as volume 5 of the Complutensian Polyglot. Woodcut arms of Cardinal Jiménez on title page with woodcut borderswoodcut initials. Text in Greek and Latin in two columns Collation: a4 A-Q6 a6 R-Z6 AA-LL6 MM8 2a11 3a6 b-f6 g4 -g4. 271 of 272 leaves lacking final blank. 1 vols. Folio. Recent full black morocco spine gilt gilt turn-ins red morocco doublures gilt marbled flyleaves. Minor toning or soiling to a few leaves. A clean fresh copy. First edition of the New Testament in Greek published as volume 5 of the Complutensian Polyglot. Woodcut arms of Cardinal Jiménez on title page with woodcut borderswoodcut initials. Text in Greek and Latin in two columns Collation: a4 A-Q6 a6 R-Z6 AA-LL6 MM8 2a11 3a6 b-f6 g4 -g4. 271 of 272 leaves lacking final blank. 1 vols. Folio. Produced under the patronage of Cardinal Ximenes archbishop of Toledo and founder of the university of Alcala. As part of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible the New Testament was printed first dated 10 January 1514; the Old Testament was completed only in 1517 and publication was delayed until 1522.<br /> <br /> "Undoubtedly the finest Greek fount ever cut and the only one of which it can be affirmed with certainty that it is based on the writing of a particular manuscript" Proctor. Pope Leo X lent the Codex Vaticanus to Ximenes and it was upon this manuscript that Brocar modelled his type. Proctor used it as the model for the type in his edition of the Oresteia of 1904. This volume complete with the six leaves of the travels of St. Paul printed only in Greek and often lacking as it was printed later.<br /> <br /> This is the first Greek New Testament ever printed 1514 but as it was not published until 1522 this text was unknown to Erasmus when he published his Greek New Testament in 1516.<br /> <br /> Douglas Maxwell Moffat 1881-1956 Yale class of 1903 was a Grolier Club member from 1929 until his death; the libraries at Yale University and the General Theological Seminary were beneficiaries of gifts from his widow. "As a collector he was interested in three fields primarily: editions of Vergil; Greek and Latin lyric poetry; and fine printing. Almost all his books were in superb condition and often of very interesting provenance" Yale University Library Gazette 35:2 p. 122.<br /> <br /> THE MOST FAMOUS PIECE OF PRINTING EXECUTED IN SPAIN. Darlow & Moule 1412/4593; PMM 52; Adams B968 Vol. 5; Norton Printing in Spain 1501-1520 27; Proctor Printing of Greek p. 144. Provenance: Douglas Maxwell Moffat bought from E.P. Goldschmidt; General Theological Seminary gift of Mrs. Douglas M. Moffat Arnao Guilem de Brocar unknown
1568ST20921Lutetia Paris: Robert Estienne II 1568. 128 x 87 mm. 5 x 3 1/2". Two volumes. <br/> LOVELY CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO GILT covers with large central azured arabesque surrounded by curling vines with azured leaves smooth spines with similar vines head and foot of spines with egg-and-dart roll similar to one used by Claude de Picques second volume with faint blind lettering to spine all edges gilt perhaps with some minor early restorations but if so then done with such care as to preclude certainty. Housed in modern suede-lined calf-backed clamshell boxes with magnetic closures. Printer's device on titles and final page decorative initials and headpieces. Front pastedown of volume I with ex-libris of Georgios Arvanitidis. Renouard 171:1; Schreiber 239; Darlow & Moule 4633; Adams B-1670. See: Verron "Les Reliures de l'Entrée de Charles IX à Paris 1572 . . . réalisées par Claude Picques" in Bulletin du Bibliophile 2014 no. 2 pp. 282-98. Just a touch of rubbing to extremities front hinge of second volume open but everything quite tight text with occasional mild browning small spots trivial smudges or tiny worm trails but A BEAUTIFUL COPY clean and fresh internally and the bindings tight and lustrous with very bright gilt<br/> <br/> With exceptional visual appeal these two precious volumes shining with gilt and containing the Greek New Testament from the renowned Estienne family of printers are of special interest because of their typography their bindings and their provenance. With the expressed goal of printing Greek texts from manuscripts in the royal library at Fontainebleau François I established the post of royal printer in Greek in 1539 appointed Robert Estienne I 1503-59 to the position in 1542 and commissioned the renowned Claude Garamond to cut a new Greek font for this project. To design the type the King called on his own celebrated calligrapher Angelo Vergecio who produced in collaboration with Garamond three different sizes of what came to be called the Royal Types or "grecs du roi." According to Schreiber "These cursive Greek types are universally acknowledged as the finest ever cut." In 1548 and 1549 Robert Estienne issued the press' first Greek Testament known as the "O mirificam" edition for the opening of the dedication to the king in 16mo or "pocket" format using the smaller font of Garamond's "grecs du roi." In 1550 Robert a Protestant moved to Geneva while his son Robert II 1533-70 a Catholic remained in Paris and took over as the royal printer in Greek. Our 1568 Testament--the only one issued by the son--is a reprinting of the "O mirificam" edition but expanded with the critical apparatus from the 1550 folio edition issued by the father. Schreiber notes that our edition is interesting from a typographical point of view as it contains an even more minute version of the already small grecs du roi type for the Table of Chapters. The exceptionally pretty volumes are done in the style of royal binder Claude Picques fl. 1539-78 and employ a decorative roll very similar to one that appears on the spine of the vellum bindings Picques did for "L'Entrée de Charles IX à Paris" 1572. Our volumes once graced the library of Constantinople collector Georgios Arvanitidis 1876-1953 whose library included a number of Estienne Greek editions. They were later in the distinguished library of Frederick B. Adams 1910-2001 director of the Pierpont Morgan Library from 1948-69 and then president of the prestigious Association Internationale de Bibliophilie from 1974-83. And they were featured in the celebrated 1929 Gumuchian catalogue of 398 historically exceptional bindings as item #71. Robert Estienne II unknown
1587371783Rome: Franciscus Zanetti 1587. Text in Greek with short Latin notes at the end of each verse in two columns. Large engraved vignette on title with figures of Moses and Esdras on either side of the arms of Sixtus V. aâ´ A-3Sâ¶ 3Tâ¸. 8 783 1pp. Folio. Eighteenth century red morocco arms of the second Duke of Newcastle on the covers marbled endpapers gilt edges minor darkening to spine and wear to joints. Scattered minor dampstaining at lower outer corner of a few leaves. Provenance: Collegii Paris. Societas Jesu.early inscription on title; Douglass Maxwell Moffat booklabel with original invoice purchasing the volume from Davis & Orioli in 1940; General Theological Seminary bookplates. Text in Greek with short Latin notes at the end of each verse in two columns. Large engraved vignette on title with figures of Moses and Esdras on either side of the arms of Sixtus V. aâ´ A-3Sâ¶ 3Tâ¸. 8 783 1pp. Folio. Commissioned by Pope Sixtus V to assist the revisers who were preparing the Latin Vulgate edition ordered by the Council of Trent the "Sixtine" or "Roman" edition of the Septuagint was edited by Cardinal Antonio Carafa based on the Codex Vaticanus and became the standard for all the later editions of the Septuagint for three centuries after its publication. Darlow & Moule no. 4647; Adams B1246; BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 94 Franciscus Zanetti unknown