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(BIBLE IN GREEK.) He Kaine Diatheke. Novum testamentum Graecum. Edited by Johann Jakob Wetstein. Engraved plate of the Greek alphabet. [12], 966, [2]; [4], 920, [40] pages, including half-title and final blank. 2 volumes. Folio, 317x202 mm, later 18th-century tree calf gilt, covers detached or starting, Volume 1 spine chipped at top; moderate foxing and toning; marbled edges. Bookplate of the clergyman Samuel Farmar Jarvis (1786-1851); 19th-century bookplates of Meadville Theological School, their perforated stamp and rubberstamp on titles. Amsterdam: Officina Dommeriana, 1751-52
first wetstein edition. Included as an appendix is the first edition of a Syriac version, with a Latin translation, of the 2 Epistles of St. Clement of Rome. Darlow & Moule 4753.
