Lot 1272
1272
SYRIACA -- BIBLES -- NOVUM TESTAMENTUM SYRIACE. Accur. A. Gutbirio. Hamburg, Typ. & Imp. authoris, 1664. (32), 606 pp. W. engr. ti. (dated 1663). - Bound with: A. GUTBIRIUS. Lexicon Syriacum, continens omnes N.T. Syriaci dictiones et particulas, cum spicilegio (…), & appendice. - And: Id. Notae criticae in N.T. Syriacum. - Hamburg, Typ. & Imp. authoris, 1667. 2 parts. (8), 146, (30); (8), 56 pp. - Tog. 3 parts in 1 vol. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (W. stamps, upper hinge broken, small piece of p. 125/6 of 2nd mentioned work gone, a bit browned/foxed).
The famous Gutbier Syriac Bible, prepared at the author's own expense with new Syriac types cast and the text printed at his own home. The text is completely vocalised and well-printed, in an excellent 12p Syriac serto type, the smallest until then known. Our copy includes as usual the Notae criticae, and the Lexicon Syriacum, both dated in this copy Hamburg 1667, the date of their first publication. - Darlow & Moule 8966; Moss p. 157 & 439.€ 120
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