Lot 36
Profusely annotated.- New Testament, Greek. Novi Testamenti libri omnes, profusely annotated in English in 17th & 18th century hands, London [but Leiden], [Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevier for] Richard Whittaker, 1633.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Profusely annotated.- New Testament, Greek. Novi Testamenti libri omnes, edited by Robert Estienne, Joseph Scaliger, and Isaac Casaubon, double column, inter-leaved, profusely annotated in English in 17th & 18th century hands, title in Greek and Latin and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, upper margin of title little trimmed, affecting part of an ownership inscription, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled sheep, worn, but holding firm, [D&M 4680; Willems 397; STC 2798.5], 8vo, London [but Leiden], [Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevier for] Richard Whittaker, 1633.
⁂ Provenance: 'Tho. Smith Oxon'; ?Thomas Smith (1638-1710), nonjuror, historian, friend of Sir John Cotton and unofficial librarian of the Cotton library until c.1702, Vice-President of Magdalen College, Oxford (ink inscription to head of title); 'J.B. July.12.1729', ?Joseph Butler (1692-1752), Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher (ink inscription to head of front free endpaper).
Description
Profusely annotated.- New Testament, Greek. Novi Testamenti libri omnes, edited by Robert Estienne, Joseph Scaliger, and Isaac Casaubon, double column, inter-leaved, profusely annotated in English in 17th & 18th century hands, title in Greek and Latin and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, upper margin of title little trimmed, affecting part of an ownership inscription, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled sheep, worn, but holding firm, [D&M 4680; Willems 397; STC 2798.5], 8vo, London [but Leiden], [Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevier for] Richard Whittaker, 1633.
⁂ Provenance: 'Tho. Smith Oxon'; ?Thomas Smith (1638-1710), nonjuror, historian, friend of Sir John Cotton and unofficial librarian of the Cotton library until c.1702, Vice-President of Magdalen College, Oxford (ink inscription to head of title); 'J.B. July.12.1729', ?Joseph Butler (1692-1752), Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher (ink inscription to head of front free endpaper).
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