First New Testament printed at Oxford.- Bible, Turkish.- Domini nostri Iesu Christi Testamentum Novum. Turcice redditum, translated by William Seaman, general title in Latin, followed by a title and text in Turkish Arabic, title with woodcut printer's device, some spotting, occasional causing loss of the odd letter, lightly browned at edges, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [D&M 9345; Madan 2727; Wing B2813], small 4to, Oxford, excudebat H. Hall Academiæ typographus, 1666. ⁂ William Seaman (1606-1680) orientalist and first translator of the New Testament into Turkish, which was was printed at the expense of Robert Boyle and the Levant Company. In about 1630 Seaman travelled to Constantinople and entered the service of the English ambassador Sir Peter Wyche. Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield (engraved armorial bookplate and blind-stamps). Our copy bears manuscript corrections to the text and numerous dots placed in the fore-margin. One possible candidate for these is the English orientalist Edward Pococke, who was a Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford, and Professor of Arabic there. The inside rear covers bears the initials EP in a couple of combinations.
First New Testament printed at Oxford.- Bible, Turkish.- Domini nostri Iesu Christi Testamentum Novum. Turcice redditum, translated by William Seaman, general title in Latin, followed by a title and text in Turkish Arabic, title with woodcut printer's device, some spotting, occasional causing loss of the odd letter, lightly browned at edges, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [D&M 9345; Madan 2727; Wing B2813], small 4to, Oxford, excudebat H. Hall Academiæ typographus, 1666. ⁂ William Seaman (1606-1680) orientalist and first translator of the New Testament into Turkish, which was was printed at the expense of Robert Boyle and the Levant Company. In about 1630 Seaman travelled to Constantinople and entered the service of the English ambassador Sir Peter Wyche. Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield (engraved armorial bookplate and blind-stamps). Our copy bears manuscript corrections to the text and numerous dots placed in the fore-margin. One possible candidate for these is the English orientalist Edward Pococke, who was a Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford, and Professor of Arabic there. The inside rear covers bears the initials EP in a couple of combinations.
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