Accession number
PML 2019
Published
Lutetiae : Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi regii, regiis typis, M. D. L [1550]
Notes
Printer's device on the title page (snake on vine) and verso of final leaf (olive tree).
Colophon: Excudebat Robertus Stephanus typographus regius Lutatiae Parisiorum, anno M. D. L. XVII. cal. IVL.
Epistles and apocalypse have separate title: Paulou tou apostolou epistolai. Pros Romaiois, Pros Korinthious, Pros Galatas, Pros Ephesious, Pros Philippesious, Pros Kolassaeis, Pros Thessalonikeis B [2], Pros Timotheon B [2] Pros Hebraious. Hai Katholikai epistolai. Iakobou, Petrou B [2], Ioannou B [2], Iouda. Apokalupsis Ioannou tou theologou. Ex Bibliotheca Regia.
Printed in the largest of the three fonts of Greek type designed by Claude Garamond.
Foliated and grotesque Greek initials in two sizes, with matching head-pieces.
Reprinted with corrections and more manuscript correlation of his 16mo editions of 1546 and 1549; marginal notations.
This edition was attacked by the Sorbonne and Estienne had difficulty getting it published; after publication it continued to cause trouble until after his removal from Paris later in the year.
Preliminary verse by Henri Estienne.
Colophon: Excudebat Robertus Stephanus typographus regius Lutatiae Parisiorum, anno M. D. L. XVII. cal. IVL.
Epistles and apocalypse have separate title: Paulou tou apostolou epistolai. Pros Romaiois, Pros Korinthious, Pros Galatas, Pros Ephesious, Pros Philippesious, Pros Kolassaeis, Pros Thessalonikeis B [2], Pros Timotheon B [2] Pros Hebraious. Hai Katholikai epistolai. Iakobou, Petrou B [2], Ioannou B [2], Iouda. Apokalupsis Ioannou tou theologou. Ex Bibliotheca Regia.
Printed in the largest of the three fonts of Greek type designed by Claude Garamond.
Foliated and grotesque Greek initials in two sizes, with matching head-pieces.
Reprinted with corrections and more manuscript correlation of his 16mo editions of 1546 and 1549; marginal notations.
This edition was attacked by the Sorbonne and Estienne had difficulty getting it published; after publication it continued to cause trouble until after his removal from Paris later in the year.
Preliminary verse by Henri Estienne.
Description
[16] leaves, 272 (i.e. 268), 202 p., [1] leaf ; 33 cm
Provenance
Autograph of W. Frankland on t.p.
Binding
Calf, with the arms of James I on sides; in a 1/2 brown morocco box.
Classification
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