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(BIBLE IN GREEK AND LATIN.) Testamentum Novum. Greek text, Latin translation by Theodore Beza, and Vulgate in parallel columns; edited with commentary by Beza. [12], 555, [17]; 519, [27] pages, including errata leaf at end. Some use of Hebrew type. Folio, 348x220 mm, contemporary calf with gilt arabesque centerpiece on covers; varying and occasionally heavy foxing and toning, dampstaining in lower outer margin of opening leaves, ink accession number and perforated stamp of Meadville Theological School on title, O3.4 severely browned. [Geneva: Jacques Chouet for Henri Estienne], 1588
"Estienne's third folio Greek New Testament, consisting of Beza's third major revision . . . introducing a number of new readings, and making other changes in his translation and annotations. It is in large part on this third Beza edition that the King James translators of 1611 based their work"--Schreiber 220. Adams B1711; Darlow & Moule 4651; GLN-3297.
