Novum testamentum graecum . in margine libri est collocata atque alia Ben. Ariae Montani Hispalensis opera e verbo reddita.

Bible; Benito Arias Montano .

Verlag: Pierre de la Rovière, Coloniae Allobrogum (i.e., Geneva), 1611

Beschreibung

16mo (13 cm); 2 volumes in one. 342, 239, [1] leaves. Printer's device on title page. Text in Greek with interlinear Latin translation and commentary. Text and commentary within ruled borders. Elaborately gilt-tooled morocco armorial binding of l'abbé Genesse (i.e., of Genoa), with arms within a central lozenge enclosed in a motto and filigreed in all corners and within ruled borders on both boards; spine with filigreed central panel. Edges gilt. Pages generally toned with scattered foxing; light water stain on covers and in first 100 leaves. Binding reference: Tausin, "Dictionnaire des devises ecclésiastiques", 165. Arias Montano was one of the principal editors of the great polyglot edition of the bible issued by the Plantin Press in 1571. (He was denounced to the Inquisition for liberality.) This edition of the Greek New Testament with Arias's extensive commentary is enclosed in an elaborate French binding, flat back, extensively tooled, bearing the arms of the Abbé Genesse with his motto, "Quae est expectatio mea, nonne dominus" (Psalm 38:8, What is my hope? Is it not the lord?). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6015

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Titel: Novum testamentum graecum . in margine libri...

Verlag: Pierre de la Rovière, Coloniae Allobrogum (i.e., Geneva)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1611

Einband: Hardcover