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Sale 357: Fine & Rare Books (#357) 06/14/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/14/2007 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #20 Novum Testamentum

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$250

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Description

Heading:

(Bible in Greek)

Title:

Novum Testamentum

Author:

**

Place Published:

Venice

Publisher:

Antonio Bortoli

Date Published:

1745

Description:

804 pp. Engraved frontispiece and title page vignette. (12mo) 7x4, period hand stitched paper covered boards lettered by hand on spine, edges untrimmed.

From the late fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Venice remained the most vital center for presses printing in Greek, with their books largely marketed to Greeks living under Ottoman rule. Bookplate of Cornelius Hauck on front pastedown.

Condition:

Spine ends chipped, fore edge of rear cover chipped; diagonal tear to head of frontispiece extending a short way into image, internally near fine.

Item#:

180678

Headline:

New Testament in Greek - 1745
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