Apr 24, 2006 - Sale 2076

Sale 2076 - Lot 15

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
(POLYGLOT.) Biblia Sacra Hebraice, Chaldaice, Graece, & Latine. Edited by Benedictus Arias Montanus. Volumes 1-5 (of 8). 4 (of 6) full-page engravings, including Volume 1 title; lacks full-page illustration at beginning of Volumes 2 and 5. Together, 5 volumes. Folio, 417x275 mm, 17th-century calf over wooden boards gilt-tooled to panel design with arabesque centerpiece on covers, rebacked in the 18th-century with morocco lettering pieces (the first a modern replacement), Volume 1 front cover stamped H*HERMAN*CLUVER* at top, catches and clasps lacking; dampstaining in first half of Volume 2 with traces of mold, repairs on approximately the first 20 leaves with varying text loss at bottom, scattered dampstains and minor repairs without loss elsewhere, lacks front free endpapers. Bibliotheca F.A.F. bookplates. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1569-72
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