Bible, Syriac.- , Kethabha dh-Ewangeliyon Kaddisha...
Bible, Syriac.- Kethabha dh-Ewangeliyon Kaddisha... Liber sacrosancti evangelii de Jesu Christo domino & deo nostro [and Pauli Epistolae XIIII., &c.], collation: a*-a5*4 a6*6 b-z4 A-L4: Aa* Aa** Bb-Vv4 Xx6; Pauli Epistolae bb-ll4 BB-LL4, title and a few ff. printed in red and black, 15 full-page woodcuts, final f. of Pauli Epistolae with woodcut ornament and 2 lines of text verso, otherwise blank, occasional early ink marginalia, Pauli Epistolae 1st section misbound between L4 and Aa* of first work, and 2nd second section misbound at end, most woodcuts seemingly covered up at some point, with the subsequent removal of coverings causing damage to varying degrees (including loss, tears, and some areas remaining obscured), D2 (text recto and woodcut verso) with small piece missing, affecting a few letters and woodcut, some staining, [Vienna], [Michael Cymbermann], [1555] bound with Pococke (Edward, editor) Epistolae Quatuor, parallel Syriac and Hebrew, and Greek and Latin below, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, Leiden, Bonaventura & Abraham Elzevier, 1630 and Scaliger (Joseph, editor) Apocalypsis Sancti Iohannis, ex Ms. exemplari e bibliotheca clariss. viri J. Scaligeri deprompto, parallel Syriac and Hebrew, and Greek and Latin below, title and imprint in red and black and within woodcut architectural title, final verso with woodcut printer's device, Leiden, [Bonaventura & Abraham Elzevier], 1627, together 3 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and light staining, 17th century calf gilt, rebacked in 20th century tan morocco, gilt, small 4to sold not subject to return.
⁂ A very good sammelband of Syriac works. I: First edition of the Syriac New Testament and first book printed in Syriac. II: 'This polyglot includes the true editio princeps of the four shorter Catholic Epistles - 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and Jude - omitted in the Peshitta. Edited by Edward Pococke from a Syriac manuscript, containing the complete N.T., which he had discovered in the Bodleian Library.' (D&M) III: 'très littérale et très fidèle' (Willems).
Provenance: Partially trimmed 16th century gift inscription to head of title of first work; 'Henry W. Moule, Aug. 1932' (inscription to front free endpaper, and a related letter to him loosely inserted).
Literature: I: Adams 1797 & 1799; Darlow & Moule 8947. II: Willems 334; Darlow & Moule 8963; Willems 334. III: Willems 269; Darlow & Moule 8962.
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Bible, Syriac.- Kethabha dh-Ewangeliyon Kaddisha... Liber sacrosancti evangelii de Jesu Christo domino & deo nostro [and Pauli Epistolae XIIII., &c.], collation: a*-a5*4 a6*6 b-z4 A-L4: Aa* Aa** Bb-Vv4 Xx6; Pauli Epistolae bb-ll4 BB-LL4, title and a few ff. printed in red and black, 15 full-page woodcuts, final f. of Pauli Epistolae with woodcut ornament and 2 lines of text verso, otherwise blank, occasional early ink marginalia, Pauli Epistolae 1st section misbound between L4 and Aa* of first work, and 2nd second section misbound at end, most woodcuts seemingly covered up at some point, with the subsequent removal of coverings causing damage to varying degrees (including loss, tears, and some areas remaining obscured), D2 (text recto and woodcut verso) with small piece missing, affecting a few letters and woodcut, some staining, [Vienna], [Michael Cymbermann], [1555] bound with Pococke (Edward, editor) Epistolae Quatuor, parallel Syriac and Hebrew, and Greek and Latin below, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, Leiden, Bonaventura & Abraham Elzevier, 1630 and Scaliger (Joseph, editor) Apocalypsis Sancti Iohannis, ex Ms. exemplari e bibliotheca clariss. viri J. Scaligeri deprompto, parallel Syriac and Hebrew, and Greek and Latin below, title and imprint in red and black and within woodcut architectural title, final verso with woodcut printer's device, Leiden, [Bonaventura & Abraham Elzevier], 1627, together 3 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and light staining, 17th century calf gilt, rebacked in 20th century tan morocco, gilt, small 4to sold not subject to return.
⁂ A very good sammelband of Syriac works. I: First edition of the Syriac New Testament and first book printed in Syriac. II: 'This polyglot includes the true editio princeps of the four shorter Catholic Epistles - 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and Jude - omitted in the Peshitta. Edited by Edward Pococke from a Syriac manuscript, containing the complete N.T., which he had discovered in the Bodleian Library.' (D&M) III: 'très littérale et très fidèle' (Willems).
Provenance: Partially trimmed 16th century gift inscription to head of title of first work; 'Henry W. Moule, Aug. 1932' (inscription to front free endpaper, and a related letter to him loosely inserted).
Literature: I: Adams 1797 & 1799; Darlow & Moule 8947. II: Willems 334; Darlow & Moule 8963; Willems 334. III: Willems 269; Darlow & Moule 8962.
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