Bible in Finnish. Biblia, se on Coco Pyhä Ramattu Suomexi. Turusa : Präntätty cuningalliseld Kirjain Präntäjäldä Johan Winterildä, 1685, 1683. Quarto, lacking all preliminary leaves before A1, including title, engraved title, etc.; also lacking six text leaves: I2, I3, 6M2, 6M3, Qq2 & Qq3; leaves Oo4 and Qq2 (NT) torn with loss; divisional title page to New Testament present; bound in contemporary leather over wooden boards, ruled in blind, large label on spine; lacking clasps nail-like catches present, later pastedowns, joints cracking, wear and abrasions to leather, structurally functional, both boards still attached; contents worn, some leaves coming loose, a few re-margined, still a substantial book 3 1/2 inches thick with some 1,400 pages, one leather strap present, 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. This edition is based on the editio princeps of 1642, a Finnish translation from the original text by Aeschylus Petraeus, Martin Stodius, Gregory Matthaei, and Heinrich Hoffman. According to Darlow & Moule, this is the first appearance in print of the text as revised by Heinrich Florin, and edited by Johan Gezelius. Darlow & Moule 3640.
Bible in Finnish. Biblia, se on Coco Pyhä Ramattu Suomexi. Turusa : Präntätty cuningalliseld Kirjain Präntäjäldä Johan Winterildä, 1685, 1683. Quarto, lacking all preliminary leaves before A1, including title, engraved title, etc.; also lacking six text leaves: I2, I3, 6M2, 6M3, Qq2 & Qq3; leaves Oo4 and Qq2 (NT) torn with loss; divisional title page to New Testament present; bound in contemporary leather over wooden boards, ruled in blind, large label on spine; lacking clasps nail-like catches present, later pastedowns, joints cracking, wear and abrasions to leather, structurally functional, both boards still attached; contents worn, some leaves coming loose, a few re-margined, still a substantial book 3 1/2 inches thick with some 1,400 pages, one leather strap present, 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. This edition is based on the editio princeps of 1642, a Finnish translation from the original text by Aeschylus Petraeus, Martin Stodius, Gregory Matthaei, and Heinrich Hoffman. According to Darlow & Moule, this is the first appearance in print of the text as revised by Heinrich Florin, and edited by Johan Gezelius. Darlow & Moule 3640.
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