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Novum Testamentum graece: Novum Testamentum ex Bibliotheca Regia. Paris, Robert I. Estienne, November 7, 1546. 12°. 528 p., 362 p., 1 leaf. Printer's mark, 1 white leaf, with 1 printer's mark on the last leaf. Modern vellum binding with overlapping edges and gilt-stamped spine title, gilt edges. Adams B-1657, Renouard 65:2, Fred Schreiber, Estienne No. 90, Darlow & Moule 4616, first edition of the New Testament in Greek edited by Robert I. Estienne, in the variant with the date of November 7 in the colophon (instead of "4 Non. Oct." as in Adams B-1656), set in Garamond's smallest Greek type, the so-called "grec du roi"; Garamond used codices by the Greek calligrapher Angelo Vergecio, who was in the service of the French king. The "grec du roi" is considered the most elegant Greek type of the 16th century - this first edition is generally known as "O mirificam", after the first words of the preface that Estienne addresses to King François I, praising him for having this small type cast for Greek paperback editions. Estienne established his text on the basis of a comparison between the Complutensia and Erasmus' edition of the Bible. The second leaf mounted in the fold with shorter margins - thus probably bound in from another copy. Slight foxing throughout. - On front flyleaf endpaper hs. Inscription "Per Hierta 1904" on front flyleaf
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Novum Testamentum graece: Novum Testamentum ex Bibliotheca Regia. Paris, Robert I. Estienne, November 7, 1546. 12°. 528 p., 362 p., 1 leaf. Printer's mark, 1 white leaf, with 1 printer's mark on the last leaf. Modern vellum binding with overlapping edges and gilt-stamped spine title, gilt edges. Adams B-1657, Renouard 65:2, Fred Schreiber, Estienne No. 90, Darlow & Moule 4616, first edition of the New Testament in Greek edited by Robert I. Estienne, in the variant with the date of November 7 in the colophon (instead of "4 Non. Oct." as in Adams B-1656), set in Garamond's smallest Greek type, the so-called "grec du roi"; Garamond used codices by the Greek calligrapher Angelo Vergecio, who was in the service of the French king. The "grec du roi" is considered the most elegant Greek type of the 16th century - this first edition is generally known as "O mirificam", after the first words of the preface that Estienne addresses to King François I, praising him for having this small type cast for Greek paperback editions. Estienne established his text on the basis of a comparison between the Complutensia and Erasmus' edition of the Bible. The second leaf mounted in the fold with shorter margins - thus probably bound in from another copy. Slight foxing throughout. - On front flyleaf endpaper hs. Inscription "Per Hierta 1904" on front flyleaf
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