Tēs Kainēs Diathēkēs hapanta : Euangelion, kata Matthaion, kata Markon, kata Loukan, kata Iōannen, praxeis tōn apostolōn = Nouum Iesu Christi D.N. Testamentum : ex Bibliotheca Regia.
Estienne, Robert,1503?-1559.
Estienne, Henri,1531-1598.
Fleming, Thomas,1927-2010,former owner.StEdNL: RB.l.278
Fleming, Peter,Rev.,1873-1939,former owner.StEdNL: RB.l.278
Knox, Henry Knox,-1905,former owner.StEdNL: RB.l.278
Lutetiae : Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi regii, regiis typis,
M.D.L. [1550]
Signatures: *-2*⁸ a-q⁸ r⁶ A-M⁸ N⁶.
Colophon: Excudebat Robertus Stephanus typographus regius Lutatiae Parisiorum, anno M. D. L. XVII. cal. IVL.
Epistles and Apocalypse have special t.p.: Paulou tou Apostolou Epistolai pros Rōmaious, pros Korinthious 2, pros Galatas, pros Ephesious, pros Philippesious, pros Kolassaeis, pros Thessalonikeis 2, pros Timotheon 2, pros Titon, pros Philēmona, pros Hebraious. Hai Katholikai epistolai, Iakobou, Petrou 2, Iōannou 3, Iouda. Apokalypsis Iōannou tou theologou. Ex Bibliotheca Regia.
Printed in the largest of the three fonts of Greek type designed by Claude Garamond.
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.
Printer's device on the title page (snake on vine) and verso of final leaf (olive tree).
Woodcut foliated and grotesque Greek initials in two sizes, with matching head-pieces.
Adams
Mortimer
Darlow & Moule
Schreiber, F. The Estiennes,
Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne,
Provenance: Tom Fleming (1927-2010), actor, broadcaster and Baptist lay preacher. The manuscript inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper indicates that the book was given to his father, the Rev. Peter Fleming (1873-1939), by Henry Knox Dick (d. 1905). "Revd Peter Fleming / with Henry Knox Dick's / kind regards / Jany 29th 1896". Peter Fleming was the minister of Edinburgh's Duncan Street Baptist congregation.
16th century parchment with gold tooled centre ornament on the front and back boards.
France Paris.