BIBLE, Old Testament, in Greek: Tes theias graphes palaias delada...hapanta. Diuinae scripturae, veteris...omnia. Strasbourg: Wolfe Koepfel , 1526. 3 volumes, 8º (158 x 94mm). Title of volume I printed in red, numerous woodcut headpieces and initials, almost all from the Dance of Death, titles within woodcut borders, some with Koepfel's device, his device at the end of all volumes. (Slight damage to Aa2 in vol.III). Early 19th-century brown morocco, flat spines gilt, border round sides composed of ears of wheat (a few joints a little rubbed).
BIBLE, Old Testament, in Greek: Tes theias graphes palaias delada...hapanta. Diuinae scripturae, veteris...omnia. Strasbourg: Wolfe Koepfel , 1526. 3 volumes, 8º (158 x 94mm). Title of volume I printed in red, numerous woodcut headpieces and initials, almost all from the Dance of Death, titles within woodcut borders, some with Koepfel's device, his device at the end of all volumes. (Slight damage to Aa2 in vol.III). Early 19th-century brown morocco, flat spines gilt, border round sides composed of ears of wheat (a few joints a little rubbed). Third edition of the Old Testament in Greek, edited by Luther's friend and disciple Johannes Lonicerus. It includes the Apocrypha with the four parts of the Maccabees, the fourth supposedly written by Jospehus. The New Testament was published two years earlier. Adams B-977; Darlow & Moule 4602.
BIBLE, Old Testament, in Greek: Tes theias graphes palaias delada...hapanta. Diuinae scripturae, veteris...omnia. Strasbourg: Wolfe Koepfel , 1526. 3 volumes, 8º (158 x 94mm). Title of volume I printed in red, numerous woodcut headpieces and initials, almost all from the Dance of Death, titles within woodcut borders, some with Koepfel's device, his device at the end of all volumes. (Slight damage to Aa2 in vol.III). Early 19th-century brown morocco, flat spines gilt, border round sides composed of ears of wheat (a few joints a little rubbed).
BIBLE, Old Testament, in Greek: Tes theias graphes palaias delada...hapanta. Diuinae scripturae, veteris...omnia. Strasbourg: Wolfe Koepfel , 1526. 3 volumes, 8º (158 x 94mm). Title of volume I printed in red, numerous woodcut headpieces and initials, almost all from the Dance of Death, titles within woodcut borders, some with Koepfel's device, his device at the end of all volumes. (Slight damage to Aa2 in vol.III). Early 19th-century brown morocco, flat spines gilt, border round sides composed of ears of wheat (a few joints a little rubbed). Third edition of the Old Testament in Greek, edited by Luther's friend and disciple Johannes Lonicerus. It includes the Apocrypha with the four parts of the Maccabees, the fourth supposedly written by Jospehus. The New Testament was published two years earlier. Adams B-977; Darlow & Moule 4602.
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