Formatting the Word of
God: The Charles Caldwell Ryrie Collection
5. The First Fifty-two Years of Greek Printing
5.2
B) Novvm testamentvm omne. Edited, translated, and
annotated by Erasmus of Rotterdam. 2 pts. Basel: Johann Froben, 1518/1519.
Small folio. 688 pages (120, 566, [2]), 12¼ ×
8¼ inches. Greek and Latin in parallel columns; chapter numbers
in roman numerals at side of Latin text. Woodcut borders, headpieces, and
initials; two woodcuts on pp. 98–99 of 1st series; three different devices
of Froben’s appear on Aa2r, a1r, and verso of final leaf; paragraph, headlines
and chapter strokes added by hand in red and blue. Bound by Roger Payne
in 16th-century panel style gilt tooled; spine gilt; edges gilt. § DM 4597,
without annotations; VD 16 B4197.
fol. Ii1v (detail), The Trinity
© Copyright 1998 Bridwell Library, Perkins School
of Theology, Southern Methodist University.