Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala Author: Place: Alcala de Henares Publisher: Arnald Guillen de Brocar Date: 1514-1517 Description: Printed in Hebrew, Latin & Greek, one in 3 parallel columns, the other in 2. (Folio) 36.5x26 cm. (14¼x10¼"). Two original printed leaves, the first from the book of Jeremiah, signed II.iiii, the second from the Critical Apparatus, showing comparative readings for different texts, signed A. Leaves from the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible, initiated and financed by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517) and published by Complutense University. Of the 600 printed six-volume sets, only 123 are known to have survived. Lot Amendments Condition: First with stain in lower margin; both very good or better. Item number: 293768
Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala Author: Place: Alcala de Henares Publisher: Arnald Guillen de Brocar Date: 1514-1517 Description: Printed in Hebrew, Latin & Greek, one in 3 parallel columns, the other in 2. (Folio) 36.5x26 cm. (14¼x10¼"). Two original printed leaves, the first from the book of Jeremiah, signed II.iiii, the second from the Critical Apparatus, showing comparative readings for different texts, signed A. Leaves from the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible, initiated and financed by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517) and published by Complutense University. Of the 600 printed six-volume sets, only 123 are known to have survived. Lot Amendments Condition: First with stain in lower margin; both very good or better. Item number: 293768
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