1549 BIBLE in GREEK by ESTIENNE PUBLISHERS antique 2 VOLUMES NEW TESTAMENT

[BIBLIA GRAECA]

Tes Kaines diathekes apanta

- Novum testamentum ex bibliotheca regia


Paris: Robert Estienne; 1549


2 volumes

 528; 361, [3] pp, very finely printed in Garamont's 'cicero' fount of the grecs du Roi. 


Leather bindings, worn (ca. 1800), spines gilt, red edges, marbled endpapers

Pocket edition of New Testament published by Estienne in 1549;
 known as the 'O mirificam' edition from the openings words of Estienne's preface praising François I for commissioning the fount suitable for texts in small format.

Robert Estienne (Robertus Stephanus in Latin) published four Greek New Testaments in the sixteenth century (1546, 1549, 1550, and 1551).

The first three editions of his Novum Testamentum were published in Paris, the fourth in Geneva.

-Ref. Adams B-1660 ; BP16_112332; Bibles imprimées du XVe au XVIIIe siècle conservées à Paris..., Paris, 2003, n° 3689.-

Provenance:  manuscript ex-libris on first title-page

Small size : 3 1/4 by 5 inches

Text in Greek
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