Tes Kaines Diathekes hapanta. Euangelion kata Matthaion. Kata Markon. Kata Loukan. Kata Ioannen. Praxeis ton Apostolon. = . Nouum Iesu Christi D. N. Testamentum. Ex bibliotheca regia.
Henri Estienne (1531-1598)
Category
Books
Date
1550
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3013879
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32],272 [i.e. 268];202,[2]p. . fol... Previous shelfmark: C.10.10. Ruled in red with double margins throughout. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 210 "Nov Test edit Stephani", price Đ1. 4s. Christies, 21 June, 2004, lot 542.. Provenance: Bookplate: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461. Manuscript inscription on final front fly-leaf: "H Bornius". Armorial bookplate on title page verso: 'Gilbert Burnet Lord Bishop of Salisbury Chancellor of the most Noble Order of the Garter' [i.e. Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715)].. Binding: Sixteenth-century mottled calf binding (rubbed); double gilt fillet border; gilt oval arabesque centerpiece stamp; gilt fillets and stamps on spine, with gilt title label: 'Nov: Testam Gr: R. Steph 1550'. All edges gilt.
Makers and roles
Henri Estienne (1531-1598) Robert Estienne (1503-1559) Claude Garamond (France 1490 -1561)