Live auction - Lot 1218
[Bible - NT - Erasmus]
Testamentum Novum per D. Erasmum novissime recognitum.
[Zürich, Chr. Froschauer sr., 1554]
Hammer price: €
2.000
€ 800 / 1.000
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Lot description
16mo: [8]-387-[1 bl.] ff. (bottom corner f. 9 torn off with some loss of text, sm. holes and a few rusty spots caused by removal of catches, title sl. soiled).
Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wood, spine with 2 raised bands (rubbed, head def., clasps and catches gone). Except for the defects mentioned, a good copy.
Very rare well-printed Swiss pocket ed. of Erasmus’ own Latin version of the New Testament (1st publ. 1517), translated directly from the Greek text edited in 1516. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. VD16 B-4284 = USTC 696229 (only 5 copies). - Not in Bibles Paris, Erasmus Online.
Prov. Contemp. names, notes and scribbling on edges, endpapers and lower flyleaf.