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Auction archive: Lot number 21

BIBLE, COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT, ALCALA, 1514-1517, 6 VOLS, EUGENE OF SAVOY'S COPY IN BLUE MOROCCO

Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$84,209 - US$117,893
Price realised:
£158,500
ca. US$266,944
Auction archive: Lot number 21

BIBLE, COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT, ALCALA, 1514-1517, 6 VOLS, EUGENE OF SAVOY'S COPY IN BLUE MOROCCO

Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$84,209 - US$117,893
Price realised:
£158,500
ca. US$266,944
Beschreibung:

Bible. Polyglot VETUS TESTAMENTUM MULTIPLICI LINGUA NUNC PRIMO IMPRESSUM. ET IMPRIMIS PENTATEUCHUS HEBRAICO GRECO ATQUE CHALDAICO IDIOMATE. ADIUNCTA UNICUIQUE SUA LATINA INTERPRETATIONE (SECUNDA PARS VETERIS TESTAMENTI; TERTIA PARS VETERIS TESTAMENTI; QUARTA PARS VETERIS TESTAMENTI; NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRECE & LATINE; VOCABULARIUM HEBRAICUM ATQUE CHALDAICUM). [ALCALÀ DE HENARES: ARNAO GUILLÉN DE BROCAR, 1514-1517] 6 volumes, Royal folio (340 x 246mm.), woodcut arms of Cardinal Jiménez printed in red on title-pages (those in vols 1 and 5 printed in black), titles within woodcut border, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's devices at end of vols 4-6, early annotations, vols 1-5 in uniform early eighteenth-century blue morocco gilt for Prince Eugene of Savoy, gilt arms on covers, spines gilt in compartments with monogram EE and crest, edges gilt, volume 6 bound later to style, slight marginal damp-staining, occasional slight spotting and browning, small tears to title-pages of vols 1 and 2 where inscription struck out; vol.1: lacking [cross]8, hole at foot of final leaf; vol.2: second leaf strengthened with some loss of text; vol.3: small tears at head of title, bbb4 torn with loss of text, lacking leaf of errata; vol. 4: lacking 2 leaves of errata, vol.5: lacking a-f6 g4 at end ("Introductio ad grecas litteras" and glossary); vol.6: lacking first two leaves (one blank) with title supplied in facsimile; bindings slightly scuffed, some wear to joints, spines slightly faded with some wear at head and foot

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
20 May 2014
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Bible. Polyglot VETUS TESTAMENTUM MULTIPLICI LINGUA NUNC PRIMO IMPRESSUM. ET IMPRIMIS PENTATEUCHUS HEBRAICO GRECO ATQUE CHALDAICO IDIOMATE. ADIUNCTA UNICUIQUE SUA LATINA INTERPRETATIONE (SECUNDA PARS VETERIS TESTAMENTI; TERTIA PARS VETERIS TESTAMENTI; QUARTA PARS VETERIS TESTAMENTI; NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRECE & LATINE; VOCABULARIUM HEBRAICUM ATQUE CHALDAICUM). [ALCALÀ DE HENARES: ARNAO GUILLÉN DE BROCAR, 1514-1517] 6 volumes, Royal folio (340 x 246mm.), woodcut arms of Cardinal Jiménez printed in red on title-pages (those in vols 1 and 5 printed in black), titles within woodcut border, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's devices at end of vols 4-6, early annotations, vols 1-5 in uniform early eighteenth-century blue morocco gilt for Prince Eugene of Savoy, gilt arms on covers, spines gilt in compartments with monogram EE and crest, edges gilt, volume 6 bound later to style, slight marginal damp-staining, occasional slight spotting and browning, small tears to title-pages of vols 1 and 2 where inscription struck out; vol.1: lacking [cross]8, hole at foot of final leaf; vol.2: second leaf strengthened with some loss of text; vol.3: small tears at head of title, bbb4 torn with loss of text, lacking leaf of errata; vol. 4: lacking 2 leaves of errata, vol.5: lacking a-f6 g4 at end ("Introductio ad grecas litteras" and glossary); vol.6: lacking first two leaves (one blank) with title supplied in facsimile; bindings slightly scuffed, some wear to joints, spines slightly faded with some wear at head and foot

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
20 May 2014
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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