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Testamenti veteris biblia sacra sive libri canonici, priscae iudaeorum ecclesiae a deo traditi

Testamenti veteris biblia sacra sive libri canonici, priscae iudaeorum ecclesiae a deo traditi

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Testamenti veteris biblia sacra sive libri canonici, priscae iudaeorum ecclesiae a deo traditi

by BIBLE, LATIN [TREMELLIUS, Immanuel; JUNIUS, Franciscus]

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London: Excudebat Henricus Middletonus, 1580. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut title vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Later tree calf in a contemporary style, spine with raised bands and "Biblia Sacra" in gilt; very narrow strip cut away from top of title page affecting manuscript ownership signature. Lacking the final two parts as well as the separate title pages for the second through fourth individual parts. Contemporary annotations. First edition of the first complete Latin Bible printed in England, one of five imprints of the 1580 edition. The Latin translation from the Hebrew and Syriac was the work of Immanuel Tremellius (1510-1580), an Italian Jewish convert, first to Catholicism, then to Protenstantism. In 1547 he was invited to England by Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1549 he succeeded Paul Fagius as Regius professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. He was assisted by Franciscus Junius (the Elder) (1545-1602), his son-in-law. Tremellius' translation first appeared in 1569 in Geneva, and portions relating to the Old Testament were published at Franfurt between 1575 and 1579. He here improved on the work of Thomas Berthelet's 1535 partial printing of the Vulgate to such an extent that he ultimately exerted considerable influence in England and on the Continent ("Although his version was far from faultless, it evinced very thorough scholarship, and for long, both in England and on the continent, was adopted by the reformers as the most accurate Latin rendering. With some alterations it even received the sanction of the universities of Douai and Louvain"; see ODNB). STC 2056.8.

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Bookseller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
14001
Title
Testamenti veteris biblia sacra sive libri canonici, priscae iudaeorum ecclesiae a deo traditi
Author
BIBLE, LATIN [TREMELLIUS, Immanuel; JUNIUS, Franciscus]
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Edition
FIRST EDITION
Publisher
Excudebat Henricus Middletonus
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1580
Keywords
english imprints, 16th century, theology, bible

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Calf
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First Edition
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Spine
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Raised Band(s)
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