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Publisher: Ek Basilikēs Typographias
Published: 1642
Place of publication: En Parisiois
Language: grc
Number of pages: 453
Subjects: Commentaries; Textual Criticism; Bible
Work titles: Bible. New Testament. Greek. 1642
Notes: A reprint, with a few slight alterations, of the Elzevir Testament of 1624. This magnificent folio is sometimes known as the "Mazarin edition," since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal.

Title and imprint romanized.

Signatures: pi1 [alpha]-3[iota]⁴.

Engraved title-page. Text not divided into verses but with verse-numbers in the text. Pages 423-453 contains Variae lectiones; with ornament on verso of last page. Printed on large paper, giving a very wide margin.

The engraved title-page represents an angel writing on an obelisk, which rests on a square base; the title itself is inscribed on a scroll carried by three cherubs. This design was afterwards adapted by the Oxford University printers for the title-page in some editions of the New Testament published by them. The book also contains engraved head-pieces, vignettes and initials.

Half-title.

Darlow and Moule 4687

Reuss, XI, 21

B.F.B.S., 4687