8vo. 374 leaves only, should be 376, the title and last leaf lacking; printed in long lines, the
Greek text with an interlinear
Latin version.
Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig.
I and T; a few MS. marginal notes; the name
Mr. Thos. Dawson written on the last page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, on which it is numbered 16. This would appear to have been correct according
to Jefferson’s arrangement, and the no. 18 to have been an error in the 1815 catalogue. See the previous entry.
Benedictus Arias, 1527-1598, called Montanus from his birthplace, Spanish oriental scholar.
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Novum testamentum
Gr.
Lat. Erasmi.
12
mo.
Lipsiae.
1578.
1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 17, as above.
Novvm Testamentum
Græce et
Latine, stvdio et indvstria Des. Erasmi Roterodami accurate editum, magnaq; diligentia collatis compluribus exemplaribus iam denuo expressum. Adiectis argvmentis cvm concordantiis
in margine, & quadam adiuncta separatim vtili tam explicatione vocabulorum quorundam, quam demonstratione certorum ad intelligentiam
veritatis pertinentium locorum.
Lipsiæ: [
Io. Steinmann] Anno
1578.
17
8vo. 419 leaves, printer’s woodcut device on the title-page,
Greek and
Latin text in parallel columns.
This edition not in Darlow and Moule.
Bibliotheca Erasmania, II, 63.
Rebound in half red morocco, m.e. by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. i and t.
The first edition by Erasmus was published by Froben at Basle in 1516, folio.
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id.
Lat. Castaliones.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 19, Nov. Test. Lat. Castalionis, 12mo.
Novum Jesu Christi Testamentum; a Sebastiano Castalione
Latine redditum. In usum Scholarum. Editio novissima, prioribus longè emaculatior.
Londini: Impensis
A. Bettesworth &
C. Hitch, &
C. Bowyer [and others],
1735.
BS1990 .1735
12mo. 180 leaves: A-P
12, text printed in double columns.
Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress, original mottled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
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Novum testamentium
Gr.
12
mo.
Thomas.
Massachus.
1800.
1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 15, Nov. Test. Gr. Thomas, Massachusett, 1800, 12mo.
BIBLE--
New Testament.--
Greek.
‘Η καινή Διαθήκη. Novum Testamentum. Juxta exemplar Joannis Millii accuratissime impressum. Editio Prima Americana. Wigorniæ, Massachusettensi: excudebat
Isaias Thomas, Jun.,
April--1800.
12mo. 240 leaves, publisher’s advertisement on the last leaf, text in double columns;
A Chronological Table of the Books of the New Testament at the beginning is signed
Caleb Alexander.
Darlow and Moule 4775.
O’Callaghan, page 56, no. 1.
Nichols 397.
This is possibly the Testament bought from Mathew Carey on February 20, 1805, price $
1.37.
Caleb Alexander, 1755-1828, Presbyterian minister, was born in Northfield, Massachusetts.
This is the earliest Greek Testament printed in the United States.
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