Description
1633 GREEK NEW TESTAMENT. Printed by Guilielmum Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1633. 32 mo. V.RARE. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Complete w. original engraved title. Pagination: Blank, blank, Title, 454pp, [vi], 1p notes in Greek, blank, blank. 6p of Tables follow the text. Reference: D&M 4681. Delaveau & Hillard 3719. Original full calf black morocco, period design w. gilt debossing, designs and double line border front and back; 4 raised bands on spine also w. gilt; “NOV.TEST. GRAECUM” and “1633” (tho brightness of pics obscures the letters); gilted edges. Marbled endpapers. Unglossed. Orig. owner’s plate to marbled endpages: “Colonel Cooper”; Ex Libris plate: “Markree Library, Shelf 4, Block L, re-arranged in 1913 by Bryan Cooper”. Col. [William] Cooper was given Markree Castle in Sligo, Ireland by Oliver Cromwell, c1650, for services rendered. Unmarked text, clean impression, closely cut in a few places at outer margin. None listed on ESTC. Compare at $3,000 w/o provenance. This copy: original provenance, clean text, tight and secure, complete w. title and original binding. Comes in a black, archival clamshell box for protection and preservation.
