polyglot. Biblia sacra polyglotta, complectentia textus originales hebraicum... chaldaicum, graecum; versionumque antiquarum samaritanae, graecae... chaldicae, syricae, arabicae, aethiopicae, persicae, vulg. lat, quicquid comparari poterat..., 6 vol., edited by Brian Walton, engraved frontispiece portrait of Walton by Lombart, engraved title in an architectural setting by Wenceslaus Hollar after Webb, additional printed title in red and black, loyal preface with short mention of Oliver Cromwell, 6 engraved maps and plates by Hollar (5 double-page and 1 single) and woodcuts of coins and illustrations in the text, a variety of types for different languages, vol. II-V half-titles only, . I frontispiece laid down, engraved title with small tear repaired, without the 2ff. dedication to Charles II found in some copies, lacks D1 & D2 (D1 index and D2 blank), sig. 2Z a few slight ink marks, vol. II some slight staining of small part of corner in last sig., vol. IV 2R3 at end corner torn away not affecting text, lacks 3E4 (blank) at end, vol. VI lacks half-title some slight creasing in places, some small rust or burn marks, a few small tears to edges, inner hinges strengthened, vol. I presentation label to Rev. Charles Parsons Reichel of Dublin on upper cover, [D&M 1446; Wing B2797], Thomas Roycraft, 1657 [with] Castell (Edmund) Lexicon heptaglotton, frontispiece by Faithorne, title in red and black, frontispiece a little creased, title slightly soiled, CA3 tear in lower margin, [Wing C1225], Thomas Roycraft, 1669 [with] Walton (Brian) Biblicus apparatus, chronologico-topographico-philologicus, half-title, lower margins water-stained throughout, Zurich, Ex Typographeo Bodmeriano, 1673, together 7 vol., slightly browned, Charles Parsons Reichel's copy with his bookplates on front pastedowns, also signature in vol. VII of "T. Winfield" on fly-leaf, contemporary calf, rubbed and repaired in places, all but the last uniform, all uniformly rebacked in modern calf, gilt, folio (7). *** "This is the most accurate and best equipped of the great polyglots." - Darlow & Moule. "The London polyglot represented the apogee of Renaissance biblical productions. The work was highly regarded in Europe in intellectual theological circles throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Walton's pivotal role in its production was recognized and praised by his contemporaries, while his learned prolegomena to the work drew compliments into the nineteenth century." - Oxford DNB. Parsons Reichel (1816-94), professor of Latin at Queen's College, Belfast and later, Bishop of Meath.
polyglot. Biblia sacra polyglotta, complectentia textus originales hebraicum... chaldaicum, graecum; versionumque antiquarum samaritanae, graecae... chaldicae, syricae, arabicae, aethiopicae, persicae, vulg. lat, quicquid comparari poterat..., 6 vol., edited by Brian Walton, engraved frontispiece portrait of Walton by Lombart, engraved title in an architectural setting by Wenceslaus Hollar after Webb, additional printed title in red and black, loyal preface with short mention of Oliver Cromwell, 6 engraved maps and plates by Hollar (5 double-page and 1 single) and woodcuts of coins and illustrations in the text, a variety of types for different languages, vol. II-V half-titles only, . I frontispiece laid down, engraved title with small tear repaired, without the 2ff. dedication to Charles II found in some copies, lacks D1 & D2 (D1 index and D2 blank), sig. 2Z a few slight ink marks, vol. II some slight staining of small part of corner in last sig., vol. IV 2R3 at end corner torn away not affecting text, lacks 3E4 (blank) at end, vol. VI lacks half-title some slight creasing in places, some small rust or burn marks, a few small tears to edges, inner hinges strengthened, vol. I presentation label to Rev. Charles Parsons Reichel of Dublin on upper cover, [D&M 1446; Wing B2797], Thomas Roycraft, 1657 [with] Castell (Edmund) Lexicon heptaglotton, frontispiece by Faithorne, title in red and black, frontispiece a little creased, title slightly soiled, CA3 tear in lower margin, [Wing C1225], Thomas Roycraft, 1669 [with] Walton (Brian) Biblicus apparatus, chronologico-topographico-philologicus, half-title, lower margins water-stained throughout, Zurich, Ex Typographeo Bodmeriano, 1673, together 7 vol., slightly browned, Charles Parsons Reichel's copy with his bookplates on front pastedowns, also signature in vol. VII of "T. Winfield" on fly-leaf, contemporary calf, rubbed and repaired in places, all but the last uniform, all uniformly rebacked in modern calf, gilt, folio (7). *** "This is the most accurate and best equipped of the great polyglots." - Darlow & Moule. "The London polyglot represented the apogee of Renaissance biblical productions. The work was highly regarded in Europe in intellectual theological circles throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Walton's pivotal role in its production was recognized and praised by his contemporaries, while his learned prolegomena to the work drew compliments into the nineteenth century." - Oxford DNB. Parsons Reichel (1816-94), professor of Latin at Queen's College, Belfast and later, Bishop of Meath.
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