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He Kaine Diatheke - Novum testamentum graece

Paris
Typographia Regia
1642

€700 - €900

In-folio (39,1 x 21 cm), [iv] + 453 + [1] pp, beautiful engraved title (by Claude Mellan). The engraved title page represents an angel writing on an obelisk, which nests on a square base; the title itself is inscribed on a scroll carried by three cherubs. With 20 engraved headpieces and initials, twelve vignettes including final ornament. Some old marginal annotations. Wide margins. Full calf binding, large gilt ornament on each board, rubbed, some scratches, ends of spine repaired, all edges gilt

A reprint of the first of the Elzevir editions (1624), this magnificent folio is sometimes known as the 'Mazarin edition', since it appeared under the auspices of Cardinal Mazarin. The text was set in Garamond's Greek types, used by the Estienne dynasty of printers, and which subsequently became part of the type holdings of the Imprimerie Royale. Ref. Darlow-M. 4687

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