"Aristeas". The Auncient History of the Septuagint.
"Aristeas".The Auncient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greeke...Concerning the First Translation of the Holy Bible, by the 72 Interpreters, first edition, translated by J. Done, initial blank leaf present, outer margin of A8 repaired, G8 with tear repaired, O1 with ink stains, some pepper-pot worming, mostly to upper margin, some browning and staining, contemporary sheep, rubbed, foot of spine worn, 2 worn patches to lower cover, [STC 750; Keynes 161 (but probably not by Donne)], 8vo, Printed by N. Okes, 1633.
⁂ Scarce first edition of this work spuriously attributed to Aristeas and Donne. ESTC lists no copy in the BL. This copy has title-page line 9 ending "unto E-" (another variant has "unto").
Provenance: William Earl of Nithsdale (bookplate); Winifred M. Constable (ink name to front endpaper); "Cameron" and "Archibald" (ink names on front and rear endpapers).
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"Aristeas".The Auncient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greeke...Concerning the First Translation of the Holy Bible, by the 72 Interpreters, first edition, translated by J. Done, initial blank leaf present, outer margin of A8 repaired, G8 with tear repaired, O1 with ink stains, some pepper-pot worming, mostly to upper margin, some browning and staining, contemporary sheep, rubbed, foot of spine worn, 2 worn patches to lower cover, [STC 750; Keynes 161 (but probably not by Donne)], 8vo, Printed by N. Okes, 1633.
⁂ Scarce first edition of this work spuriously attributed to Aristeas and Donne. ESTC lists no copy in the BL. This copy has title-page line 9 ending "unto E-" (another variant has "unto").
Provenance: William Earl of Nithsdale (bookplate); Winifred M. Constable (ink name to front endpaper); "Cameron" and "Archibald" (ink names on front and rear endpapers).
