Accession number
PML 19643
Published
Sedani : Ex typographia & typis nouissimis Ioannis Iannoni, 1628 [i.e. 1629]
Credit line
Gift of Bishop Thomas F. Gailor to Pierpont Morgan, Christmas, 1912.
Notes
"The smallest Greek Testament ever printed, with the exception of Pickering's miniature edition of 1828 ... Reproduces the text of the first Elzevir Testament (1624)" (D. & M.).
The first 4 words of the title are in Greek type.
Colophon: Sedani, ex typographia Ioannis Ianoni Academiae Typographi. Absolutum kalendis martijs [i.e. March 1st] anno D. 1629.
Library's copy lacking first two pages.
According to Jefferson records at Monticello, this book may have been part of Jefferson's petit format library from Poplar Forest, later owned by his grandson, Francis Eppes, but there are no records of such a transfer. The Jefferson name inscribed on the inner cover is probably in the hand of Eppes. Although the book does not bear Jefferson's ownership marks, it may have been purchased in Europe sometime between 1784 and 1789, paying "3 livre tournois plus binding" as recorded in his 1789 catalogue, and perhaps given to a family member on his return. It was not sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. Because it was presented to Otey in 1841, it does not appear in the Levitt sale catalogue of 1873 when Eppes sold the Poplar Forest Library in New York City.
The first 4 words of the title are in Greek type.
Colophon: Sedani, ex typographia Ioannis Ianoni Academiae Typographi. Absolutum kalendis martijs [i.e. March 1st] anno D. 1629.
Library's copy lacking first two pages.
According to Jefferson records at Monticello, this book may have been part of Jefferson's petit format library from Poplar Forest, later owned by his grandson, Francis Eppes, but there are no records of such a transfer. The Jefferson name inscribed on the inner cover is probably in the hand of Eppes. Although the book does not bear Jefferson's ownership marks, it may have been purchased in Europe sometime between 1784 and 1789, paying "3 livre tournois plus binding" as recorded in his 1789 catalogue, and perhaps given to a family member on his return. It was not sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. Because it was presented to Otey in 1841, it does not appear in the Levitt sale catalogue of 1873 when Eppes sold the Poplar Forest Library in New York City.
Description
571,[1]p ; 9 cm (32mo)
Provenance
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), inscription: "Tho: Jefferson" (front endleaf verso) probably in the hand of his grandson Francis Eppes (1801-1881), who had inherited parts of Jefferson's library; Bishop James Hervey Otey (1800-1863), gift inscription from Eppes: "Bp. Otey from F. Eppes. [Greek inscription]. Pray for me! 1841" (front endleaf recto); Bishop Thomas F. Gailor (1856-1935; PML acc. book cites as "Bishop Gaylor," previously identified as James F. Gaylor (d. 1917?)): gift to: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), Christmas 1912.
Binding
18th-century French full red morocco.
Classification
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