| Annotation | First title on t.p. in Greek characters; text entirely in Greek. Third edition of the Greek Bible, edited by J. Lonicerus; the O.T. follows the Aldine Bible of 1518. The New Testament first appeared in 1524; it was re-issued in 1526 to form v. 4 of this complete Bible, but the date on the t.p. was never changed from 1524 to 1526. Cuts: t.p. of each v. has ornamental border; initials, headpieces. Printer's device on last page at end with mottos: Omnium longe fortissima veritas. Ho Christos esti lithos exouthenēmenos. Hoplōi kuklōsei se hē alētheia autou. Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, Short-title catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking countries and German books printed in other countries from 1455 to 1600 now in the British Museum 1455-1600, Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), B 977 p. 84 4602 B 2575 In Greek, preface in Latin. | Translate
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