Beschreibung:

BIBLE, Polyglot. Biblia Sacra Polyglotta [ -Appendix ]. London: Thomas Roycroft, 1657 [volume II colophon: 1655, volume III colophon: 1656]. 6 volumes 2 o (457 x 285 mm). Each volume ruled in red throughout, text in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Samaritan, Ethiopic, Persian and Arabic, printed in a variety of exotic types. Volume I with engraved portrait of Walton by P. Lombert, elaborate engraved general title by W. Hollar after I. Webb, printed title in red and black, double-page map of the Holy Land by W. Hollar, 1657, double-page plan of Jerusalem by Hollar, 1656, 2 double-page engravings of the Temple by W. Hollar, 1657, double-page engraving of religious artifacts by W. Hollar, 1656, one page floor-plan of the Temple, and prefatory material with woodcut alphabets, etc. Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked, some wear to edges). Provenance : James William Ellsworth (bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from A.S.W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia, 28 June 1941) -- donated to SMS 1941. THE WALTON POLYGLOT, with the so-called "Loyal" preface, in which the assistance of Oliver Cromwell in allowing the paper for the work to be imported free of duty is not mentioned. The Ethiopic and Persian languages are here added for the first time in a complete Polyglot Bible. Brian Walton was educated at Magdalene College and Peterhouse, Cambridge, after which he entered the church. Ejected from his livings in 1641, he suffered imprisonment in 1642, and subsequently studied Oriental languages at Oxford. Critics of all ages have been unanimous in praising the scholarship and usefulness of Walton's edition. Darlow & Moule 1445; Wing B-2797. (6)