Bible, Greek & Latin.- Novum testamentum omne, edited

Bible, Greek & Latin.- Novum testamentum omne, edited by Desiderius Erasmus, collation: Aa-Kk6 a-z A-Z6 &8 : aA bB8, parallel Greek and Latin text, title, dedication and opening of four books with woodcut historiated border, half-page woodcut by HF, woodcut canon tables, head-pieces and historiated and decorative initials, early ink marginalia and inter-linear notes in Latin or Greek, without the two-quire index, as often, lacking final f. (errata/device), title with hole and a couple of make-shift repairs, with loss of part of border and a few letters r&v, repaired tear to p3, &1 detached, a few small wormholes / small traces within text (the latter mostly at end), water-stained / stained, some spotting and light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, remains of metal clasps, soiled, folio (331 x 215mm.), [Basel], [Johann Froben], [March, 1519].

⁂ Second edition of Erasmus' New Testament, with greatly expanded preliminaries, including a letter from Pope Leo X expressing his pleasure at an improved second edition. Our copy with evidence of early scholarship.

Provenance: 'Ex bibliotheca Christophori Cretzschmar, Anno 1612'; reference to Vogt Catalogue, 262; 'Henry W. Moule, from A.C. Moule, Jan.13.1922' (ink inscriptions to front pastedown)' 'Mauro' (?17th century ink name to foot of title).

Literature: Adams B1680; D&M 4597; VD 16 B 4197.