Lot n° 51
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300 - 400
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ESTIENNE (Robert). Prophetia Isaiae. [Paris, Robert Estienne - Lot 51
ESTIENNE (Robert). Prophetia Isaiae. [Paris, Robert Estienne, 1539-1540-1542. Small in-4 (22 x 15.5 cm) brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (17th century binding). Worn binding with missing leather. Handwritten bookplate of François Hyacinthe Dehan.
First edition of one of the 24 volumes of Robert Estienne's Hebrew Old Testament, which could be sold separately. Appointed royal printer and bookseller in Hebrew and Latin in 1539, in the same year Robert Estienne commissioned Jehan Arnoul to create a new Hebrew font for his Alphabetum Hebraicum in preparation for his in-quarto Hebrew Bible (Adams B-1221; Renouard Estienne 54.13).
Expert: Madame Elvire POULAIN-MARQUIS
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