Mar 11, 2004 - Sale 2000

Sale 2000 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 14,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(GREEK AND LATIN. NEW TESTAMENT.) Novum Testamentum omne . . . ab Erasmo Roterodamo recognitu[m]. Greek text with Latin translation by Desiderius Erasmus. Woodcut historiated and ornamental borders, initials, and headpieces. 566, [2] pages. Folio, old 1/4 blind-tooled pigskin and manuscript vellum over boards with thong ties and modern leather lettering piece; occasional early underscoring; cloth slipcase. (Basel: Johann Froben, March 1519)
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Second edition of the 1516 Greek New Testament edited and translated by Erasmus, the first publication of the original text. "It formed the basis of the New Testament translations of both Luther and Tyndale and hence had profound influence on later Protestant versions of the Bible" (PMM). This copy lacks the separately paginated Annotations forming the second part of this edition. Printing and the Mind of Man 46 (1516 edition); Darlow & Moule 4597 (this edition).