Tēs Kainēs Diathēkēs hapanta. = Nouum Testamentum. Ex bibliotheca regia.
Robert Estienne (1503-1559)
Category
Books
Date
1569
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3189749
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 494, [2]; 342, [42] p. ; 16mo. Water-staining on leaves **1 through to h1. Provenance: Dutch school prize[?] binding (unidentified). Pencil notes on front and rear pastedowns, possibly written by William Windham III (1750-1810). Former Felbrigg shelfmark: Y1 (crossed-out in pencil). Binding: seventeenth-century Dutch school prize binding[?]; dark stained parchment; double gilt fillet border; gilt centrepiece of a female figure carrying a dagger[?] within an ornate border; yapp edges; single double gilt fillet panel along length of spine with gilt wreath stamp; all edges gilt.
Makers and roles
Robert Estienne (1503-1559), editor Robert Estienne (1530-1571), printer and publisher