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Tēs kainēs diathēkēs hapanta : Euangelion. Kata Matthaion. Kata Markon. Kata Loukan. Kata Ioannen. Praxeis ton apostolon = Nouum Iesu Christi D. N. Testamentum. Ex bibliotheca regia.

Accession number
PML 15500
Uniform title
Bible. New Testament. Greek. Estienne. 1550.
Published
Lutetiae : Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi regii, regiis typis, M. D. L [1550]
Description
[16] leaves, 272 (i.e. 268), 202 p., [1] leaf ; 33 cm (fol)
Notes
Colophon: Excudebat Robertus Stephanus typographus regius Lutatiae Parisiorum, anno M. D. L. XVII. cal. IVL [15 June 1550].
Epistles and apocalypse have separate title: Paulou tou apostolou epistolai. Pros Romaiois, Pros Korinthious, Pros Galatas, Pros
Binding
16th-century morocco, gold tooled with interlace design, foliate ornaments and pointille, and hand painted. Edges gilt, gauffered, and painted. Nixon identifies as an Italian (Florence or Venice?) binding in the French style, ca. 1575.
Inscriptions/Markings
Manuscript family tree of Christ (front endleaf 1 recto).
Provenance
Zacharias Küntzel, Wrocław, gift inscription to Johannes Barthisius, Silesia, 17th century (title page); James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library pu
Classification
Department