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[Hē kainē diathēkē] = Novum Testamentum Graecum, Editio Hellenistica. 2-vol. set (Complete)

Grinfield, Edward William (Edited by)

Londini (London): Gulielmus Pickering (William Pickering), 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6"). xii, 781, [1]pp (Vol. 1); [5], [782]-1493, [3]pp (Vol. 2). Later brown cloth rebacked, with handwritten white lettering to spines. Title pages in red and black lettering. Decorative initial and headpieces.

Edited by Edward William Grinfield (1785-1864), who founded and endowed an Oxford lectureship on the Septuagint in 1859, this "Helenistic edition" presents the T. R. (following Mill), illustrated by citations from the LXX., Origens's Hexapla, Josephus and Philo, given after each verse. In citing the LXX. the editor used chiefly L. Bos' text. (Darlow & Moule 4835).

Covers partly age-toned, with corners rubbed. Hinges reinforced with binders tape. Ex-library copy, with bookplate on inside of each front cover, and pocket on inside of each back cover. Stamp at verso of each title page, and at top and bottom paper edges. Previous owner's name in ink at upper margin of each title. Minor age-toning throughout. Bindings in overall fair, interior in good to very good condition. f to vg. Item #46333

Price: $450.00