Title: Leaf from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala Author: Place: Alcala de Henares Publisher: Arnald Guillen de Brocar Date: 1514-1517 Description: Printed in Hebrew, Latin & Greek, in 3 parallel columns. (folio) 36.5x26 cm. (14¼x10¼"). Original printed leaf from the Book of Habakkuk, with columns of Hebrew, Latin and Greek, from the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible, initiated and financed by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517) and published by Complutense University. Of the 600 printed six-volume sets, only 123 are known to have survived. Lot Amendments Condition: Mottled browning, as is often the case with these leaves, very good. Item number: 271437
Title: Leaf from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala Author: Place: Alcala de Henares Publisher: Arnald Guillen de Brocar Date: 1514-1517 Description: Printed in Hebrew, Latin & Greek, in 3 parallel columns. (folio) 36.5x26 cm. (14¼x10¼"). Original printed leaf from the Book of Habakkuk, with columns of Hebrew, Latin and Greek, from the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible, initiated and financed by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517) and published by Complutense University. Of the 600 printed six-volume sets, only 123 are known to have survived. Lot Amendments Condition: Mottled browning, as is often the case with these leaves, very good. Item number: 271437
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