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1679658432 A1 to Hhh8 The end of the Prophets Iii1 to Bbbb8 Finis illustrated title page including red rules Royal coat of arms black letter no Apocrypha conforms to Herbert page 218 ref 747 except the size is a little larger in our copy handwritten notes to upper endpapers and New Testament title page reverse Published by Jo Bill, Tho Newcomb and H Hills hardcover
008638LONDON AND NEW YORK: CASSELL PETTER AND GALPIN. 1st Edition . Full Morocco. Fine/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. GUSTAVE DORE. This magnificent 2 volume set of the Gustave Dore-illustrated Holy Bible is copiously illustrated with 238 original illustrations as called for. The edition corresponds to Dan Malan's catalogue "Adrift On Dreams of Splendor" as the 1867 first book form edition using the same sheets as the magazine edition with all engravings in the right order. The book is bound in contemporary full morocco heavily embellished with blind and gilt motifs to front and rear boards and with Dore's name in gilt at the base of each spine. Burnished marbled endpapers all edges in lustrous gilt. The condition of the binding is very good with only a few marks and a some small scuffs to the top edge of the boards slight bumping to top corners and some slight wear to the front joint on Vol 1 as well as three cup rings in the central panel of the front board but not too bad. The condition of the pages is equally very good. Generally bright and clean though with foxing to the prelims of Vol 1 Genesis to Lamentations and with some foxing to the margins of some engravings - a small minority. Vol 2 Ezekiel to Revelation has a closed tear to the bottom of approx 2.5 cm / 1 inch with a neat archival tape repair. This book includes The Apocrypha. The Gustave Dore Bible is a highly collectable work and they are unusual to find in this very good condition. The register of Marriages Births and Deaths is empty which means it could be used as a family bible. This one of the better condition Dore Bibles I have seen in early edition in Very Good condition. Later editions had a reduced number of engravings since some were considered too lurid for polite Victorian tastes. A lovely piece of history. 39cm tall 33cm wide across the boards Vol 1 9cm thick Vol 2 7.5cm thick. These books weigh around 25 kilos when packed. Insured shipping free worldwide. <br/> <br/> CASSELL PETTER AND GALPIN unknown
1903152118London: Printed at the Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press 1903. With Ricketts's striking designs First Vale Press edition one of 300 copies printed on Arnold handmade paper with a further 10 copies printed on vellum. An unused original order form for the work printed in red and black with an elaborate initial and housed in a tissue sleeve is loosely inserted. This copy with the engraved book plate of noted American private press collector Edmund Bulkley to the front pastedown. Bulkley's collection was especially rich in material from the Kelmscott press and his books are known for being of particularly nice condition. Octavo. With 10 woodcuts by Ricketts. Original limp vellum yapp edges titles to spine in gilt fore edge untrimmed entirely unopened. Vellum faintly soiled as often front board just starting to curve light foxing to outer leaves and occasional to text; a very good copy indeed. Franklin p. 247; Ransom Vale 40. hardcover
1629481London: Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill 1629. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 8 3/4 inches. 4to. A2 - A6 B - H 8 leaf quires. Title page lacking. Printed in two column Roman type. Margins of first two signatures a little grubby with closed tears and a few pages with marginal losses affecting a few letters of text. Otherwise pages lightly soiled. G8 with closed tear and old repair with no loss of text. Griffiths 1629/4. ESTCS93878. Bound with: The Holy Bible contayning the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement Authorised KJV version. London: Bonham Norton and John Bill 1629. 6 introductory material 32 numbered pages genealogies lacking 1 2 5-8 15-16 21-22. Printed in two column Roman type. Loss to lower quarter of pages 31 and 32. A - Ffff 8 leaf quires. Light soiling and close cropped but otherwise nice. P2 bound after P3. Lacks Cc2 Cc3 Bbb4 Bbb5 Ppp1 NT title Gggg1 and Gggg2. Marginal losses to Qq1 Qq8 Vu1 Ggg4 and Ppp9 affecting notes and minimally text. Loss to lower corner of Ii4 Ii5 Dddd7 and Dddd8 affecting small amount of text. Loss of lower 1/4 to Mm8. Herbert 425. ESTCS124382. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The booke of Psalmes collected into English meeter. London: Imprinted for the Company of Stationers 1628: A - H 8 leaf quires. Lacks A1 and H8. Printed in two column Roman type. ESTCS4530. All page edges rouged. Bound in modern 3/4 brown calf with brown cloth. Five raised bands to spine with red morocco spine label with title and date to lower spine. A very good copy of the original 1552 English BCP bound with a Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalms. A staple of many American colonists. Printed by B[onham] Norton and J[ohn] Bill unknown
156612326Kuelen Erffgenamen van Arnold Birckman 1566. engraved titlepage n.p. Contemporary Leather Folio H. 33 x W. 225 x D. 9 cm. Dutch Bible containing the church approved translation by Nicolaes van Winghe also called the Louvain Bible. Illustrated with several beautiful woodcuts within the text. The spine is damaged. First free endpaper loosening titlepage frayed some staining throughout. Kuelen, Erffgenamen van Arnold Birckman hardcover
165212102Paris A Vitré 1652. 8 vol. 22 incl. engr. title-768 714-1 622 266-3-1 bl. -267/648 780 583-1 480-144 447-56 p. 12mo. H. 165 x W. 10 x D. 37 cm. light damp stain at top margin vol. I. Contemporary red morocco ""à la Du Seuil"" covers with double gilt-ruled border and gilt corner pieces richly gilt decorated spines with 5 raised bands joints slightly rubbed some small repairs at heads or tails gilt sides gilt inside dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. This Paris Bible was printed by the decision of the ""Assemblée du clergé"" of 1650. A fully ruled copy with wide margins. Engraved frontispiece in vol. I. Titles vol. II-V with the date ""1651"". Woodcut mark in fine vol. II. Ref. Darlow & Moule 6221 note. - Bibles Paris 1040. - Brunet I:879. - BnF. Provenance: Ex dono of Mr. des Places Gaultier to Janneaux 1680 manuscript mention in each volume. Very nice copy. Paris, A Vitré hardcover
1682175725Heeren Staten Generael van de Vereenighde Nederlanden, en volgens het besluyt vande Synode Nationael, gehouden tot Dordrecht inde Jaren 1618 ende 1619; Uyt de oorspronckelijcke talen in onse Nederlandtsche tale getrouwelick over-geset; met nieuwe bygevoeghde verklaringen op de duystere plaetsen ... Door gemeene ordre der nederlandsche kercken verbetert van druckfouten en misstellingen die in den eersten druck gevonde worden. Dordrecht, Keur (u.a.), 1682. Fol. (41,5 : 26 cm). Mit gest. Titel, 1 gefalt., gest. Stadtplan (Jerusalem) u. 5 gefalt. Kupferkarten (darunter eine Weltkarte). 19 nn. Bl., 302 fol. Bl.; 2 nn. Bl., 134 fol. Bl.; 12 nn. Bl., 164 fol. Bl.; 2 nn. Bl., 66 fol. Bl. Brauner Lederband d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln, mit zentralem, geprägtem rautenförmigem Deckelornament, massiven Eckbeschlägen und Schließen aus Messing; Bezug an den Gelenken geplatzt, Kapitale mit Fehlstelle bis an den Buchblock. [5 Warenabbildungen]
1956789-2Éditions de la revue Verve, Paris 1956. 1 volume in-folio (362 x 272 mm) relié sous cartonnage entièrement illustré en couleur. 16 LITHOGRAPHIES ORIGINALES EN COULEURS ET 12 EN NOIR par Marc Chagall. La couverture et la page de titre sont également des lithographies originales. 105 reproductions en noir des gravures de l'édition publiée par Tériade. Texte en français. BEL EXEMPLAIRE, cartonnage beau, un accroc en bas du dos bien restauré, sans manque, condition intérieure excellente, sans défaut. Marc Chagall : THE BIBLE (1956). French text edition. 16 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS IN COLOR + 12 IN BLACK. A complete copy in beautiful condition condition.
17673087Cambridge: John Archdeacon 1767. Two vols. 6.75 x 4.25". Contemporary Scottish black morocco spine in six compartments red morocco lettering pieces in the second others with gilt saltire with small flowers covers framed with distinctive interlocking tool impressed individually. Red and black PRINTED book labels of Elisabeth Hall dated 1769 pasted onto "Dutch gilt" endpapers. Some modern glue is visible in the inner hinge of the lower cover of vol. 2. Two original binder's blanks at the front and back of both volumes. Suitable for exhibition and study. This well preserved set of Scottish bindings is further distinguished by FOUR copy-specific letterpress bookplates printed in red and black no doubt in Scotland which reads in full: <br/><br/>"Elisabeth Hall Her Bible. 20th June. MDCCLXIX." <br/><br/>Concerning this printed bookplate it would appear that the present volumes contain the only known impressions of it thereby meriting inclusion in ESTC and elsewhere.<br/><br/>The tools on the front cover of the bindings have not been matched with published examples but the spine treatment and endpapers are decidedly Scottish.<br/><br/>That the Psalms were printed in Edinburgh Alexander Kincaid 1763 leads us to the conclusion that the present bindings are not only Scottish but that the original owner of them Elisabeth Hall was certainly Scottish herself.<br/><br/>John Archdeacon's 1767 Cambridge Bible is not in the National Library of Scotland. Unsurprisingly NLS has four copies of Alexander Kincaid's 1763 Psalms two of which are in the Bindings Collection: Bdg.s.8072 and Bdg.s.1002. John Archdeacon unknown books
1051London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field 1660. Hardcover. Good. London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field 1660. Octavo. Unpaginated. 744pp. A8-Z8 Aa8-ZZ8 Aaa4. Added engraved title-page lacking. Titles within typographic border & with typographic ornament. Ruled in red. Eighteenth-century green morocco repaired. Darlow & Moule 526; Herbert 669; ESTC B2256. Bound with: The whole book of Psalmes: collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. London: printed for the Companie of Stationers 1661. Octavo. iv 78pp. ESTC R204219; STC 2nd ed. B2437aA and The book of common-prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church . London: printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty 1662. Octavo. Unpaginated. 128pp. A8-H8. ESTC R35356; STC 2nd ed. B3623. <br/> <br/> London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, 1660. hardcover
2166London: printed for the Companie of Stationers 1661. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. iv 78pp. Eighteenth-century green morocco repaired. ESTC R204219; STC 2nd ed. B2437aA. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing The Old Testament And The New: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues And with the former translations diligently Compared and Revised by His Majesties special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field 1660. Octavo. Unpaginated. 744pp. A8-Z8 Aa8--ZZ8 Aaa4. Added engraved title-page lacking. Titles within typographic border & with typographic ornament. Ruled in red. Darlow & Moule 526; Herbert 669; ESTC B2256 and The book of common-prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church . London: printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty 1662. Octavo. Unpaginated. 128pp. A8-H8. ESTC R35356; STC 2nd ed. B3623. <br/> <br/> London: printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1661. hardcover
175532488-488Zurich Conrad Orell and Comp. 1755-56. With 2 engr. figured frontispieces and 1 large head-piece by Johann Rudolf Holzhalb; inserted are 150 and 100 num. engr. plates by Weigel after Luyken from his "Celebriores Veteris Novi Testamenti iconibus" 1712. 8 leaves 22 pp. "Heilsamer Unterricht" 6 leaves index 292 130 pp. 1 leaf 146 recte 144 pp.; title 182 66 118 pp. 371 pp. Folio. Contemp. calf spines in 6 compartments with 2 labels some skilful repairs to corners and spine ends somewhat rubbed. Zurich Conrad Orell and Comp. 1755-56. First edition of the so-called "Ulrich-Bibel" an important new version of the Zurich bible. The editor was pastor at Grossmüster and was close to Pietism. This edition is one of the most carefully edited Bibles and comes with regard to the beauty of the printing close to that of Froschauer's publication. The text is based on the 1667 and 1724 editions; it was revised and adapted to the more wide-spread use of modern high German. Johann Caspar Ulrich 1705-1768 was in charge under the supervision of the Church Council. In the "Kurze Anzeige" at the beginning Johann Konrad Nüscheler gives a bibliography of Zurich bibles. Together with Johann Rudolf Ziegler he was also involed in the text revision. Illustrations were not originally planned but since many buyers regretted the lack of images as they were used in the Froschauer bibles so the publisher offered illustrations separately for sale which are often different to those in this present copy. The two pompous frontispieces by J. H. Holzhalb and the large head-piece to the dedication are original parts of the edition. In addition this copy is embellished with the engravings of Christian Weigel after Jan and Caspar Luyken originally published at Nuremberg as a plate work mounted and inserted. Each plate bears a four-line Latin and German epigram by the poet Samuel Faber 1657-1716 beneath the image. - Lacking Weigel's engr. title and plate 37 in the Old Testament and plates 101-108 in the New Testament. - Old name on flyleaf in vol. II occasional light browning or foxing some thumbing in margins on the whole a very nice set. - Lüthi Bibel in der Schweiz 15 2 incomplete copies; Mezger 258f. in detail; Bibelsammlung Würt. LB E 1475; Leemann-van Elck Buchschmuck der Zürcher Bibeln 100f.; the same Bibelsammlung im Grossmünster 36; not in Darlow/Moule. BIBLES ; BIBELN RELIGION ; Zurich, Conrad Orell and Comp. unknown
1844215297New York: American Bible Society 1844. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in leather wraps. Imprint on FEP and title page. American Bible Society hardcover
127884aafParis u. Charenton, P. Des Hayes & A. Cellier, M. DC. LVI. / Charendon, Par A. Cellier, M. DC.LIX. 1656, 1659, pt. in-8vo, 1) Titre gravé + titre imprimé avec vignette, + feuilles non paginées, imprimées à doubles colonnes, règlées en rouge. 2) Les Psaumes avec textes et notes musicales gravées également réglées en rouge, suivis par: La forme des prières ecclesiastiques et Le Catéchisme, ex libris ‘Lion’ avec lettres W: C: D: G.’, Maroquin rouge d’époque, dos et plats richement ornés aux petits fers, dos à cinq nerfs légèrement frotté, fermoirs en partie manquants, tranches dorées.
17910005591Worcester & Boston: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First edition. Hardcover. Good. With two of the 50 copperplate engravings from the folio edition plates 29 & 48. Royal quarto 1310 pages contemporary blindstamped full sheep repaired joints and head and foot spine panels replaced and with new endpapers; The frontispiece has been tipped-in on the new endpaper; rear cover very scuffed foxing and spots throughout edgeworn <br /> <br /> a few minor marginal tears and chips some leaves imperfectly sewn in. The Family Record leaves have extensive handwritten notes of the families of Gen. Joseph Badger Jr. Signed by him of Gilmanton Belmont NH father of Gov. Wm. Badger 1834-36. & Charles Jacobs of Gilmanton. <br/><br/>Isaiah Thomas whom Benjamin Franklin called 'the Baskerville of America' was one of the notable publishers during the early days of the Republic.He made every effort to ensure accuracy of the text by comparing some thirty different editions and having the text carefully examined by several clergymen and others who compared it with eight Bibles - Herbert 1353." The First Illustrated Bible printed in America is the 1791 folio Bible by Isaiah Thomas "The most sumptuous American Bible of the eighteenth century" : thus this quarto-sized version of that work is the Second Illustrated Bible printed in America and the first Royal Quarto Bible in English published in American both editions were announced as "completed" on the same date altho vol. 2 of the folio was still in progress. Rumball-Petre 172; Sabin 5173 variant; O'Callaghan pp. 40-42; Hills 30. Evans 23185 states that some copies were issued with no Concordance and 48 additional plates. This state however has only two copperplates as frontispieces of the 50 copperplate engravings from the folio edition plates 29 & 48 . Included are 200 pages of Tables Apocrypha and Family Records Index etc. The subscription price was $7 but half the price could be paid in wheat rye Indian corn butter or pork! It is believed that 1500 copies of each format were printed. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution - Wright EARLY BIBLES OF AMERICA." Isaiah Thomas hardcover
23542Kentfield CA: The Allen Press 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tall 4to. 56 leaves unnumbered. Finely printed by hand by Lewis and Dorothy Allen ion all-rag handmade Umbria paper made in Italy. Printed damp on an 1846 Columbian handpress. Decorative page heading in Hebrew with sentences from the first chapter of Genesis. Asian green endshets and guards for the illustratioms.<br /> <p><br /> Bound in Fortuna cloth in an Iranian design hand blocked in Venice. <br /> <p><br /> 24 illustrations engraved by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Title in green and brown woodcuts printed in brown; green and orange used for highlights in the text. The endsheets are lightly faded from the adhesive else this is a fine copy housed in the original slipcase.<br /> <p><br /> One of 140 copies. <br /> <p><br /> Allen Press Bibliography No. 35.<br /> <p>. The Allen Press hardcover
1979365295Boston: Charles Goodspeed & Co 1979. One of 87 copies. Printed and bound at the Stinehour Press. 4 10 2pp. With a leaf from the first edition of the Eliot Indian Bible tipped in following the title as issued. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original blue cloth glassine dust jacket slipcase. Fine. One of 87 copies. Printed and bound at the Stinehour Press. 4 10 2pp. With a leaf from the first edition of the Eliot Indian Bible tipped in following the title as issued. 1 vols. Small 4to. Includes a leaf from the 1663 Eliot Indian Bible. The present example being D2 from the Psalms comprising Psalms 42:7 through Psalms 45:8. Charles Goodspeed & Co unknown
1769373151Germantown PA: Christoph Saur 1769. 5293pp. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf covers ruled in blind spine with raised bands brass hinges and clasps minor wear along front joint. Provenance: Abraham de Türck printed book label inserted between the front endpapers. 5293pp. 12mo. German translation of the New Testament printed in Germantown by Christopher Saur the younger. Famous for their quarto bibles in German of 1743 1763 and 1776 the Saur father and son also issued the New Testament separately in smaller format in 1745 1755 1760 1761 1764 1769 and 1775.<br /> <br /> The present example with a unique added leaf preceding the front blank being a printed bookplate within an elaborate typographic border indicating that the owner Abraham de Türck had received the book from his grandfather Johannes Hoch in 1772. Evans 11181; ESTC W4533; Bötte 366 Christoph Saur unknown
1792374643Philadelphia: W. Young 1792. Text in two columns. 1170pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf rebacked at an early date upper cover detached worn. Provenance: General Theological Seminary perforated stamps bookplate other markings. Paper box. Text in two columns. 1170pp. 12mo. A rare early American bible advertised as the "first American pocket bible" being Young's second edition of the bible complete with metrical psalms following his edition from a different setting of 1790 Evans 22345; Hills 25. That bible was advertised for sale by Young in Dunlap's American Daily Advertise in May 1791 as "lately published" at the price of "6-1/2 dollars cash and 7 if entered on account." Although both that bible and the present edition are duodecimo the former is larger in both height and width and the 1791 advertisement continues by noting that "An edition of the Bible in pocket size is now in the press." The present Bible would be advertised in Philadelphia newspapers in September and October 1792 as "now in the press the first American edition of the Pocket Bible . printed on fine paper with good type." <br /> <br /> Small-format American bibles published less than a decade after the Aitken bible are rare and this would appear to be the smallest bible in English published in America to date. Hills 32; Evans 23183; ESTC W4493 W. Young unknown
181816976Pittsburg: Cramer and Spear 1818. Small 8vo. 792pp. Original publisher's sheep. Signatures sprung from use but attached; pages generally very soiled and with some contemporary markings; old repair to the spine else the binding is in good condition. Ownership name of Dan Smith dated 1828 and later 'Dan Smith His Book'. The New Testament has a separate title page. <br /> <p><br /> In this copy there is a short note pinned to its verso listing the births of members of the McNees family in the late nineteenth century. <br /> <p><br /> This is the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny River and the first Bible in English printed west of the Allegheny Mountains. <br /> <p><br /> Note: this is a well used copy but in good condition. Rare. <br /> <p><br /> Hills 349; Not in Darlow and Moule<br /> <p>. Cramer and Spear unknown
1607372868Sanctii Gervasii Saint-Gervais Geneva: Sumptibus Caldorianae Societatis 1607. O.T. and N.T. title pages with printer's device of Fama; each part of O.T. with sectional title parts 2-4 paginated consecutively. 1 vols. Folio. Old calf boards ruled in gilt. Rebacked with morocco spine label. Some paper flaws at end. Portrait of William Lupton 1676-1726 dated 1727 frontispiece to his Sermons on front pastedown. Cloth slipcase and folding box. O.T. and N.T. title pages with printer's device of Fama; each part of O.T. with sectional title parts 2-4 paginated consecutively. 1 vols. Folio. The Junius-Tremellius Bible with Theodore de Beze's translation of the New Testament. This was for many years the standard Latin Bible favored by Protestants.<br /> <br /> Uncommon OCLC records fewer than 20 locations with interesting English provenance.<br /> <br /> William Slater or Slatyer 1587-1647 whose Psalmes or songs of Sion: turned into the language of a strange land 1631 "was on 9 July 1631 ordered to be burned. Summoned before the court of high commission on 20 October Slatyer confessed that he had 'added thereunto a scandalous table to the disgrace of religion and to the encouragement of the contemners thereof'; judging from an annotated copy of the work dated 1642 this probably consisted of a list of popular tunes to which the psalms might be sung" ODNB He was also editor of The Psalmes of David in 4 languages 1643 "a high quality edition containing both words and music the latter principally by Thomas Ravenscroft". Not in Darlow & Moule; Bibles imprimées 976 locates a copy with later Genevae imprint. Provenance: William Slater his Latin ownership signature; W.A. Copinger; General Theological Seminary gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt and Dean Augustus Hoffman bookplates and blindstamps Sumptibus Caldorianae Societatis unknown
1771373724Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine for and sold by John Perkins in Union-Street near the market 1771. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked. Expert restoration. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. ETSC records only two examples of this issue AAS and NYPL. Evans 11987; ESTC W4709; Welch 1072.27 Printed [by William M'Alpine] for and sold by John Perkins, in Union-Street, near the market unknown
186530602Dublin: James Duffy & Co 1865. Later edition. Hardcover. g to g. Large quarto. 2 764 222pp. Finely gold-stamped and gold-tooled contemporary black leather. All gilt edges. Striking fore edge painting of landscape with antique church complex. Silk-moire endpapers. Handwritten family registry in front. Frontispiece of Old Testament reproduction of a painting in monochrome by W. & A. K. Johnston. Frontispiece engraving in New Testament. "This New Edition of the English Version of the Bible printed with our permission by James Duffy.carefully collated by our direction with the Clementine Vulgate; likewise with the Douay Version of the Old Testament of 1609 and with the Rhemisch Version of the New Testament of 1582 and with other approved English Versions." Illustrated with 12 full-page monochrome plates in sepia-tone 2 full-page engravings as well as many b/w in-text illustrations. Some age wear and staining on binding. Wear along front joints and corners. Gutters at front and rear endpapers reinforced with fine red cloth band. Inscription on blank leaf following front endpaper: "Gift from Stephanie to Tom on the eve of their marriage October 3rd 1983." Sporadic foxing throughout. Overall good condition. James Duffy & Co hardcover
1700557661700. Very good-. Small octavo 14.1 by 8.5 cm. Manuscript in black and brown ink; 18-20 lines per page; text in vocalized Hebrew. 6 title and editor's preface 146 12 blank 10 notes. Lacks the first leaf which has been supplied in manuscript by a later owner. 19th-century limp morocco rubbed at extremities gilt dentelles marbled endleaves. Faint dampstain along bottom margin occasional smudges and mild stains else very good with crisp text.<br /> <br /> Early modern transcription of the Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew published in 1551 at Paris by Martin le Jeune with notes at the rear likely the work of a student. This edition was prepared by Jean Cinqarbres Quinquarboreus; 1514-1587 who jointly held the chair of King's Professor of Hebrew Literature at the University of Paris with Jean Mercier d. 1570. Lapide describes this as a "literal" edition and notes that the learned French bibliographer and father of the Oratory Jacques Le Long regarded it as the "true and authentic Gospel of Matthew." Like many of the surviving copies it lacks the Appendix which comprised the Seven Penetential Psalms Psalm CXIX Daniel's Prayer and the Ten Commandments. Apart from minor formatting changes e.g. breaks between chapters the text appears to be a faithful copy including vowel points and some of the additional cantillation marks the printed marginalia new Hebrew page numbers and Cinqarbres's dated preface. As the original version contains only 17 lines of text per page the transcription is not a page-for-page copy. Here the copiest appears quite fastidious in providing appropritate new catchwords! The Latin portion of the title however differs notably from the original which reads: Sanctum Domini nostri Iesu Christi Hebraicum Evangelium secundum Matthaeum.<br /> <br /> "In 1537 Sebastian Münster published his Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew at Basel the first printed edition of the New Testament in the so-called 'mother tongue of the evangelist' as he states in his preface" Lapide. Like the Paris edition of Hebrew Matthew upon which the present copy is based Münster entitled his version Torat ha-Mashiah The Teaching of the Messiah. While Münster's version of Matthew was long believed to be based on the 14th-century Hebrew translation by the Jewish polemicist Shem Tov ben Isaac ibn Shaprut more recent scholarship has called this attribution into question. "There are medieval Hebrew forms of Matthew that most scholars think of as retroversions from the Greek of canonical Matthew often made to serve in arguments between Christians and Jews. However some claim that these texts are a guide to the original Hebrew of Matthew French scholars like J. Carmignac and M. Dubarle have contributed to this thesis. Still other scholars think they can reconstruct the original Hebrew or Aramaic underlying the whole or parts of the Greek text of canonical Matthew on the assumption that the original was in Semitic. The vast majority of scholars however contend that the Gospel we know as Matthew was composed originally in Greek and is not a translation of a Semitic original" Brown.<br /> <br /> Provenance and annotations: The copiest has added notes following the main text comprising a Seder shel Miqra / Ordo Bibliorum in which the tripartite division of the Scriptures according to Jewish tradition is described. Then follows several pages of Hebrew terminology with biblical references and definitions in Latin. Along with one or two references to rabbinic literature an erudite reference to the Passover Haggadah notes Rabbi Judah's grouping of the ten plagues into three acronyms.<br /> <br /> At the head of the leaf inserted after Cinqarbres' preface is the note "When I bought this Mss. the first chapter from verse one unto verse 14 and part of verse 15. I filled in the missing verses. May. 18th. 1901. Llewellyn Saunderson 10 De Vesse Terrace Kingstown Co. Dublin" References: R. Brown Introduction to the New Testament 1997 p. 210; P. Lapide Hebrew in the Church Grand Rapids 1984 see Chap. IV "Modern Christian Hebraica" esp. pp. 53-58. Cf. Adams B1890 wanting the appendix; Darlow & Moule 5095: An independent edition of Shem Tob's version see no. 5088 which notes: The editor S. Münster obtained an imperfect MS. copy of St. Matthew's Gospel in Hebrew which had been made as early as 1385 for polemical purposes by Shem Tob b. Shaprut a Jew of Tudela in Castile. He revised and completed this for the press Basel: H. Petri 1537 adding a Latin translation of the Hebrew.; Delaveaux & Hillard 4644 noting Ibn Shaprut as the ulitmate source; Le Long/Masch 2 1781 p. 10. Schwarzfuchs Paris 212. Steinschneider 6591.26 under Münsterus.<br /> <br /> Full title noting original imprint: תורת המשיח תורת ××œ×”×™× ×—×“×©×” ×•×”×™× ×‘×©×™×¨×ª ×”××“×•× ×™× ×• ישוע המשיח כפי מתי המבשר <br /> Lex Messiae. Lex Dei nova: id est Evangelium Domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Matthaeum Evangelistam Impressum Parisiis: apud Martinum Iuvenem sub insigni D. Christophori è regione gymnasii Cameracensium M.D.LI. 1551. unknown
1881139542Oxford: Oxford University Press 1881-1885. The Memorial edition of the Revised Version of the Holy Bible with a presentation slip signed by the President and Secretary of the American Committee of Revision. Royal octavo three volumes original publisher's deluxe full pebbled morocco gilt titles to the spine and front panel gilt inner dentelles all edges gilt. In very good condition. The Bible has had an unprecedented influence on literature and history especially in the Western World where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed using movable type. According to the March 2007 edition of Time the Bible “has done more to shape literature history entertainment and culture than any book ever written. Its influence on world history is unparalleled and shows no signs of abating.†With estimated total sales of over 5 billion copies it is widely considered to be the most influential and best-selling book of all time. Attitudes towards the Bible also differ among Christian groups. Roman Catholics high church Anglicans Methodists and Eastern Orthodox Christians stress the harmony and importance of both the Bible and sacred tradition while many Protestant churches including Evangelical Anglicans focus on the idea of sola scriptura or scripture alone. This concept arose during the Reformation and many denominations today support the use of the Bible as the only infallible source of Christian teaching. Others though advance the concept of prima scriptura in contrast. Oxford University Press unknown