Beschreibung:

Bible. Old Testament. Greek Η ΠΑΛΑΙΑ ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑ ΔΙ ΑΥΘΕΝΤΙΑΣ. VETUS TESTAMENTA IUXTA SEPTUAGINTA. ROME: FRANCESCO ZANNETTI, 1586 (ALTERED IN MANUSCRIPT TO 1587) folio (350 x 243mm.), text in Greek, engraved armorial device on title-page, woodcut initials, with final additional errata leaf (indicating this is Darlow & Moule's fourth variant), contemporary Roman painted red morocco over wooden boards, arms of Cardinal della Rovere painted on covers with della Rovere devices in covers of covers with Greek mottos, outer borders tooled in gilt and blind (including a small acorn stamp), spine tooled in gilt and blind (raised bands with gilt tooling, and with further gilt bands within compartments to give the illusion of more raised bands), edges gilt and gauffered, two clasps, in modern brown buckram folding box, some neat early annotations in Greek, Latin and Hebrew (by Hepburn?), mostly correcting the text with reference to the Hebrew (with a small paper slip inserted between DDd1-2), occasional light spotting or foxing, a few small scrapes to covers, joints slightly cracked, lacking both straps