Hē Palaia Diathēkē kata tous Hebdomēkonta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex versione Septuaginta interpretum, juxta exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum, accuratissimè & ad amussim recusum.
John Biddle (1615-1662)
Category
Books
Date
1653
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3024316
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 1279, [1] p. ; 4to. Running number: 2671. State B with bell device on title page. Text of dedication has 18 lines. Provenance: manuscript price inscription on front fly-leaf: "Emtus 2l 2s. XI Octob 1668". Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Septuaginta" [i.e. title note and catalogue entry written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: seventeenth-century full calf; double gilt fillet border; two pairs of green cloth ties on boards; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Red and blue sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Biddle (1615-1662), editor