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BIBLE, New Testament, Greek. Novum Iesu Christi D.N. Testamentum . Edited by Robert Estienne. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1550. 2 parts in one volume, 2 o (324 x 212 mm). Greek type by Claude Garamont in three sizes, Estienne's woodcut basilisk device on titles (Schreiber B1) and last leaf (Schreiber 10), Eusebian canons set within woodcut frames decorated with cherubs and architectural ornaments, foliated and grotesque Greek initials in two sizes, matching head-pieces, ruled in red. (Light marginal browning and staining at beginning and end.) Later calf (rebacked). Provenance : William Wollaston (1659-1724, signature on verso of title page); William Henry Paine Hatch (bookplate). THIRD AND MOST IMPORTANT ESTIENNE EDITION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, known as the "Editio regia." See note to previous lot. Adams B-1661; Darlow & Moule 4622; Harvard/Mortimer French 78; Renouard Estiennes , p. 75, no. 1; Schreiber Estiennes 105.