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Sold for £3,250 inc. premium")
2 Oct 2012
14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge
Early Printing and English Books to 1640
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Early Printing and English Books to 1640
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BIBLE, in Latin
Testame[n]ta duodecim patriarcharu[m] filiorum Jacob e Grecao in Latinu[m] versa Roberto Lincolnisi Episcopi interpretet, title within woodcut border, the Duke of Norfolk copy, given to the Royal Society in 1667 and subsequently sold by them, with stamp on first and last leaves, minor soiling, Leonis. S. Olschki label, modern boards [not in Adams or Copac; VD 16 T574, citing 3 copies in Germany; GTS New York only on ESTC], small 4to, [Augsburg, Johannes Miller, c.1520]
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£3,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- First edition, translated by Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln. It was a popular text in England - there are more than thirty English editions in ESTC - but their suggested imprint "[London?]" seems improbable.
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