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the likenesses of all of them, drawn from life by the author himself from gems, marbles, and ancient tablets, and engraved on copper, etc., in folio. Oppenheim, without date, in gilded leather, beautiful copy. 9-10.
115 The Historical Library of Nicolas Vignier, containing the arrangement and concordance of times, histories, and historiographers; together with the state of both the Church and the principal and most renowned Monarchies and Republics, according to their order and succession, 4 vols. in folio. Paris 1587 to 1650. In calfskin. 27-10.
A large curly brace on the left groups the two items under number 116 together.
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117 Polyglot Bible (Hebrew, Chaldean, Greek & Latin) of B. Arias Montanus; printed by order of Philip II, Antwerp, at the house of Christopher Plantin, 1569-1572. In folio, 7 vols., of which the first IV contain the Old Testament; the V, the New; the VI, the Greek & Latin Lexicon, etc. The VII, the common and familiar places of the Hebrew Language, etc. The whole washed, ruled and bound in tawny calfskin, gilt on the spine & on the edges: one of the most magnificent copies. Its rarity is well known. 275-0.
118 Sacred Latin Bible, Paris from the Royal Printing House 1642, in large type, 8 vols. in folio, of a large and magnificent character, in yellow morocco, gilt on the edges & on the cover: superb copy, etc., with the King's Arms. 95-0.
119 Sacred Polyglot Bible, or the Old Testament in Hebrew, Chaldean & Greek, from the version of the 70 interpreters, with the addition of its own Latin translation for each. Also the Greek New Testament from the version of the 70 interpreters (edited for the first time in this edition), likewise with the Latin version; added to the work is a Hebrew and Chaldean vocabulary. Also a treatise on the interpretation of proper names of both Testaments, and Hebrew grammar, and finally a Latin-Hebrew Lexicon. Work edited by the order and at the expense of Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Cardinal, in 6 vols. in folio, printed at the Complutensian Academy University of Alcalá by Arnaldus Guilielmus de Brocario. 1517, 1514, 1515. Copy excellently preserved,