17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Bible, Greek: Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum
Bible, Greek: Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum, juxta Exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum, London: Roger Daniel, for John Martin and Jacob Allestrye,1653, 8vo, later polished blue calf, gitl stamped spine with title and date, aeg, title in red and black with engraved printer's device, text in Greek, double column
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:The rare first printing in England of the Septuagint, the earliest translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek, made in the third century BC.The text was edited by the Unitarian controversialist John Biddle (1615-1662), who was imprisoned by the Parliamentary Commissioners for his religious opinions. "Roger Daniel's version of the text of the Sixtine edition [was] prepared for the use of the scholars at Westminster School. This appeared in 1653 and was edited by the Socinian, John Biddle. Its publication may have owed something to the interest in the Septuagint generated by Codex Alexandrinus and the frustration produced by the failure of Young's attempts to edit it" (S. Mandelbrote, "English Scholarship and the Greek Text of the Old Testament", p. 87).
Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.
Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).
Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.
Bible, Greek: Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum, juxta Exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum, London: Roger Daniel, for John Martin and Jacob Allestrye,1653, 8vo, later polished blue calf, gitl stamped spine with title and date, aeg, title in red and black with engraved printer's device, text in Greek, double column
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
The rare first printing in England of the Septuagint, the earliest translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek, made in the third century BC.The text was edited by the Unitarian controversialist John Biddle (1615-1662), who was imprisoned by the Parliamentary Commissioners for his religious opinions. "Roger Daniel's version of the text of the Sixtine edition [was] prepared for the use of the scholars at Westminster School. This appeared in 1653 and was edited by the Socinian, John Biddle. Its publication may have owed something to the interest in the Septuagint generated by Codex Alexandrinus and the frustration produced by the failure of Young's attempts to edit it" (S. Mandelbrote, "English Scholarship and the Greek Text of the Old Testament", p. 87).
THE OMBERSLEY COURT LIBRARY
Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.
Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).
Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.
Later calf binding in good condition with a little rubbing and wear to joints and some scuffs and scratches. Corners bumped, later marbled endpapers, pages toned and a little scattered foxing. Should run to 1279pp but ends at p. 1056. Lacking second Scholia section of 186pp. Not collated.
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