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Auction archive: Lot number 22

BIBLE, POLYGLOT.

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$19,062
Auction archive: Lot number 22

BIBLE, POLYGLOT.

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$19,062
Beschreibung:

Biblia Sacra polyglotta [Walton's Polyglot Bible]. London: Thomas Roycroft, 1656-1657. 5 volumes (of 6). Folio (444 x 280 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title page by Wenceslas Hollar, engraved double-page map of the Holy Land, double-page plan of Jerusalem, 4 engraved plates (3 double-page), pages ruled in red, text in Latin, Persian, Ethiopic, Samaritan, Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldean. Contemporary calf gilt, rebacked. Volume I upper cover detached, edges trimmed, some paper repairs, browning, a few small repaired tears, lacking volume VI. The "loyal" version, with the new preface revised to omit a statement of gratitude to Oliver Cromwell for waiving import taxes on the paper used in the printing. A later version included an added dedication to Charles II, not present here. Darlow & Moule 1445; Wing B2797.

Auction archive: Lot number 22
Auction:
Datum:
15 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
Beschreibung:

Biblia Sacra polyglotta [Walton's Polyglot Bible]. London: Thomas Roycroft, 1656-1657. 5 volumes (of 6). Folio (444 x 280 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title page by Wenceslas Hollar, engraved double-page map of the Holy Land, double-page plan of Jerusalem, 4 engraved plates (3 double-page), pages ruled in red, text in Latin, Persian, Ethiopic, Samaritan, Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldean. Contemporary calf gilt, rebacked. Volume I upper cover detached, edges trimmed, some paper repairs, browning, a few small repaired tears, lacking volume VI. The "loyal" version, with the new preface revised to omit a statement of gratitude to Oliver Cromwell for waiving import taxes on the paper used in the printing. A later version included an added dedication to Charles II, not present here. Darlow & Moule 1445; Wing B2797.

Auction archive: Lot number 22
Auction:
Datum:
15 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
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