Formatting the Word of
God: The Charles Caldwell Ryrie Collection
5. The First Fifty-two Years of Greek Printing
5.2
C) Novvm testamentvm omne. Edited, translated, and
annotated by Erasmus of Rotterdam. 2 pts. Basel: Johann Froben, February 1522.
Small folio. 631 pages ([68], 562, [1]), 13½ ×
9 inches. Greek and Latin in parallel Novvm testamentvm omne. Edited, translated,
and annotated by columns; chapter numbers in roman numerals at side of
Latin text. Woodcut borders, headpieces and initials; three different devices
of Froben’s appear on A2r, a1r, and verso of final leaf. Contemporary blind-stamped
brown calfskin over wooden boards; panel design composed of quadruple rectangular
frames decorated with foliate tools, center panel in crisscross pattern;
new spine. § DM 4599.
fol. A1r
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of Theology, Southern Methodist University.