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Mishlei with Latin Translation – Basel, 1524 – Old Leather Binding
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Mishlei – Proverbia Salomonis, the Book of Mishlei with a Latin translation, by Sebastian Münster. Basel: Froben, 1524.
Old leather binding, with gilt decorations to spine and edges of binding.
Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Notes on translation by Münster after the Book of Mishlei.
Introduction by Münster. Recommendation to reader by Konrad Pellikan.
Froben's printer's device appears on title page and on verso of last leaf.
Notations within text and many handwritten glosses (Latin) on margins. Late ownership inscriptions on title page.
[132] leaves. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Marginal tears to two leaves, not affecting text, repaired with paper. Old leather binding. Wear and defects to binding.
Secular date of printing appears at end of Münster's introduction.
Joseph Prijs, Basle, no. 16.
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