Formatting the Word of
God: The Charles Caldwell Ryrie Collection
5. The First Fifty-two Years of Greek Printing
5.2
A) Novvm instrumentu[m] omne. Edited, translated, and
annotated by Erasmus of Rotterdam. 2 pts. Basel: Johann Froben, March 1516.
Small folio. 988 pages ([28], 324, 672 [i.e., 632], [4]),
12¼ × 8¼ inches. Greek and Latin in parallel columns,
chapter numbers in roman numerals at side of Latin text. Printer’s device
on title page and colophon; headpieces and initials, those at the beginning
of Romans are printed in red; first page of dedication, text, and annotations
enclosed within ornamental borders. Contemporary blind-stamped calfskin;
8 wood bosses with brass pins, brass clasps and catchplates; new spine
and straps; remains of hand-lettered title at head of upper cover; leather
tabs. § DM 4591, without annotations; VD 16 B4196.
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of Theology, Southern Methodist University.