Biblia Hebraea, Chaldea, Graca & Latina…Paris : Robert Estienne, 1540
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EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000
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Biblia Hebraea, Chaldea, Graca & Latina…Paris : Robert Estienne, 1540
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Collation : *10, a-i8, lz8, l-z8, A-J8, K6-L6 Seconde partie : Aa10, Bb-Mm8, Nn6 Troisième partie : AA-KK8, LL10 Quatrième partie : aa-ll8, mm4.
Rousseurs. Petite déchirure sans perte en extrême marge inférieure du feuillet lz3 ; petit travail de vers marge inférieure feuillet F8 ; discrète restauration au verso du feuillet *10, sans atteinte au texte puisque ce verso est blanc. Mouillure sombre marge extérieure et inférieure du feuillet HH8 ; page de titre lavée et effrangée en marge. Dos de la reliure refait ; accrocs aux plats, traces de pièces d'angles disparues.
Some foxing. Minor tear without loss in the extreme lower margin of leaf lz3 ; minor worming in the lower margin of leaf F8 ; leaf *10 restored on the (blank) reverse. Dark dampstaining in the lower right corner of leaf HH8 ; title page washed and chipped in its margins (perhaps to erase some designs in ink).
Rebacked, with the endpapers and the first and last blank leaves renewed. Some tearing and rubbing on the boards. Traces of corner plates, now gone.