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Title: Novum Testamentum D[omi]ni N[ost]ri Jesu Christi. Syriacè, Ebraicè, Græcè, Latinè, Germanicè, Bohemicè, Italicè, Hispanicè, Gallicè, Anglicè, Danicè, Polonicè. Studio & Labore Eliæ Hutter Author: Place: Nuremberg Publisher: [No publisher stated] Date: 1599 Description: 2 volumes. [xxiv], 303, [1], 195, [1], 335 (i.e 339), [1], 263 (i.e. 259); 335, [1], [8], 1091pp. Several errors in pagination but text continuous and complete. Each volume with an engraved title page; each book has its own title page. Books of the Bible paginated separately in first volume and continuously in the second volume. (Folio) 36.5x24 cm (14¼x20½") old half calf and marbled boards. First Edition. Handsomely printed Polyglot Bible in twelve languages. Known as Hutter's or the Nuremberg Polyglot. Texts arranged in 6 columns across facing pages with 2 languages per column, including the Hebrew printed with Hutter's unique font of black and hollow letters. Dibdin called this book "one of the rarest items in bibliography." Darlow & Moule 1430. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines largely perished, joints cracked; old repair to verso of title page in first volume, a few leaves rough at edges, early owner notes in ink on title pages, some browning and foxing; otherwise internally near fine. Item number: 251916