BIBLE, POLYGLOT.
Biblia Sacra polyglotta [Walton's Polyglot Bible]. London: Thomas Roycroft, 1656-1657.
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.
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Biblia Sacra polyglotta [Walton's Polyglot Bible]. London: Thomas Roycroft, 1656-1657.
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.
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