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Main entry--uniform title

Bible. 1658. Greek. New Testament.

Title

Hē kainē diathēkē = Novum Testamentum..

Varying form of title

Novum Testamentum

Edition

Editio nova: / qua diligentius quàm unquam antea variantes lectiones tam ex manuscriptis quàm impressis codicibus collectae, & parallela scripturae loca annotata sunt, studio & labore Stephani Curcellaei..

Imprint

Amstelaedami, : Ex officinâ Elzevirianâ,, M DCLVIII. [1658]

Physical description

[12], 532, [12], 377, [27] p. ; 14 cm (12mo)

Note

Signatures: *⁴ **² A-Y¹² Z⁸ Aa-Qq¹² Rr¹⁰ (Rr10 blank)

Note

Title-page printed in red and black.

Note

Printer's device on title-page.

Note

Head- and tail- pieces; initials and printed marginalia.

Note

Tēs Kainēs Diathēkēs deuteron meros, ... has half title on leaf Aa1 and separate pagination.

Note

First two words of title transliterated from the Greek.

Citation/references note

Darlow & Moule, 4698.

Citation/references note

Willems, A. Les Elzeviers, 1239.

Citation/references note

CLC, B1504

Language

In Greek and Latin (but main body of text in Greek).

Provenance

Ownership inscription on upper endleaf of Thomas Ken (1637-1711), Bishop of Bath and Wells (1684-1690), with Latin motto: "Et tu Quaeris tibi Grandia? noli Quaerere. Tho: Ken.".

Provenance

Ownership inscription on verso of upper endleaf: "E Libris J. [possibly T] Yaldens".

Provenance

Dedicatory inscription on upper endleaf: "Henry Alworth Merewether Senior [...] The Greek Testament of Bishop Ken: - bought by H.A.M. Jⁿ of [blank] Bristol for [blank] and presented by him to his Father on his Birthday.". "Wallis" and "Recliffe Street" have been added in pencil.

Binding

Late 17th- or 18th-century black goatskin; rebacked and repaired; blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with blind stamps at inner corners; marbled endleaves; metal corner-pieces; new free endleaves.

Copy-specific note

A small piece of paper with "Bishop Kens Greek Testament" has been found in at the front of the volume.

Copy-specific note

Quotations, in Greek, from 1 Timothy and 1 Corinthians, are written in brown ink on the endleaf below Ken's ownership inscription. A Latin inscription, prefaced with "T.K." is written on the endleaf above Yaldens's ownership inscription.

Subject

Bible

Added entry--name

Courcelles, Etienne de, 1586-1659 editor.

Added entry--name

Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711 former owner.

Added entry--name

Yaldens, J. former owner.

Added entry--name

Merewether, Henry Alworth, 1780-1864 former owner.

Added entry--name

Merewether, Henry Alworth, 1813-1877 associated name.

Added entry--name

Officina Elzeviriana publisher.

Added entry--place

Netherlands Amsterdam.

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1300#$aBible.$pNew Testament.$lGreek.$f1658.

24513$aHē kainē diathēkē =$bNovum Testamentum..

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260##$aAmstelaedami, :$bEx officinâ Elzevirianâ,,$cM DCLVIII. [1658]

300##$a[12], 532, [12], 377, [27] p. ;$c14 cm (12mo)

500##$aSignatures: *⁴ **² A-Y¹² Z⁸ Aa-Qq¹² Rr¹⁰ (Rr10 blank)

500##$aTitle-page printed in red and black.

500##$aPrinter's device on title-page.

500##$aHead- and tail- pieces; initials and printed marginalia.

500##$aTēs Kainēs Diathēkēs deuteron meros, ... has half title on leaf Aa1 and separate pagination.

500##$aFirst two words of title transliterated from the Greek.

5104#$aDarlow & Moule,$c4698.

5104#$aWillems, A. Les Elzeviers,$c1239.

5104#$aCLC,$cB1504

546##$aIn Greek and Latin (but main body of text in Greek).

561##$aOwnership inscription on upper endleaf of Thomas Ken (1637-1711), Bishop of Bath and Wells (1684-1690), with Latin motto: "Et tu Quaeris tibi Grandia? noli Quaerere. Tho: Ken.".

561##$aOwnership inscription on verso of upper endleaf: "E Libris J. [possibly T] Yaldens".

561##$aDedicatory inscription on upper endleaf: "Henry Alworth Merewether Senior [...] The Greek Testament of Bishop Ken: - bought by H.A.M. J<sup>n</sup> of [blank] Bristol for [blank] and presented by him to his Father on his Birthday.". "Wallis" and "Recliffe Street" have been added in pencil.

563##$aLate 17th- or 18th-century black goatskin; rebacked and repaired; blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with blind stamps at inner corners; marbled endleaves; metal corner-pieces; new free endleaves.

590##$aA small piece of paper with "Bishop Kens Greek Testament" has been found in at the front of the volume.

590##$aQuotations, in Greek, from 1 Timothy and 1 Corinthians, are written in brown ink on the endleaf below Ken's ownership inscription. A Latin inscription, prefaced with "T.K." is written on the endleaf above Yaldens's ownership inscription.

653##$aBible

7001#$aCourcelles, Etienne de,$d1586-1659$eeditor.

7001#$aKen, Thomas,$d1637-1711$eformer owner.

7001#$aYaldens, J.,$eformer owner.

7001#$aMerewether, Henry Alworth,$d1780-1864$eformer owner.

7001#$aMerewether, Henry Alworth,$d1813-1877$eassociated name.

7102#$aOfficina Elzeviriana,$epublisher.

752##$aNetherlands$dAmsterdam.