Lot 153
Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke [graece]. Novum Testamentum, edited by John Mill, contemporary panelled calf, folio, Oxford , Sheldonian Theatre, 1707.
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke [graece]. Novum Testamentum, edited by John Mill, half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, head-pieces and initials, N & P signatures of Appendix misbound, occasional light browning, contemporary ink signature of G.W.A.Drummond and shelf-mark of Dupplin Castle near Perth on front free endpaper but bookplate removed, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, a little worn, spine repaired, [Darlow & Moule 4725], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1707.
⁂ First edition of Mill's Greek New Testament, probably the most significant of the eighteenth century and one of the most important books from the press.
Description
Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke [graece]. Novum Testamentum, edited by John Mill, half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, head-pieces and initials, N & P signatures of Appendix misbound, occasional light browning, contemporary ink signature of G.W.A.Drummond and shelf-mark of Dupplin Castle near Perth on front free endpaper but bookplate removed, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, a little worn, spine repaired, [Darlow & Moule 4725], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1707.
⁂ First edition of Mill's Greek New Testament, probably the most significant of the eighteenth century and one of the most important books from the press.