- Title
- London Polyglot Bible Old Testament, 1655
-
-
- Creator
- Roycroft, Thomas, -1677; Ege, Otto F.
-
-
- Date
- 1655
-
-
- Description
- Caption: "Leaf from the London Polyglot Bible Old Testament, 1655 A.D., Londini: Imprime Thomas Roycroft; The fourth and most accurate of the great polyglots edited by Dr. Brian Walton. One of the first English books to be sold by subscription (£10.). Nine hundred orders were received during the first two months. This leaf from the Old Testament contains the text in Hebrew; the Latin Vulgate; the Greek Septuagint; the Chaldee Paraphrase; the Syriac and Arabic versions, each with a Latin translation. The type characters for the nine languages used in this Bible were all of English make. It was the typographical achievement of the century, and for it Charles II made Roycroft the 'King's Printer of Oriental languages' (Darlow and Moule 1446)."
-
-
- Format Extent
- 1 paper leaf; 45 x 28 cm
-
-
- Subject
- Bible. Polyglot; Bible--History; Printing--England--History--17th century; Early printed books--Specimens; Printing--Specimens
-
-
- Collection
- Original leaves from famous Bibles : nine centuries 1121-1935 A.D. : collected and assembled by Otto F. Ege; BS399.L3 E33
-
-
- Type
- ["Manuscripts"]
-
- Geographic Location
- London (England)
-
-
- Language
- ara; grc; heb; lat; syr
-
-
Select what you would like to download. If choosing to download an image, please select the file format you wish to download.
Certain download types may have been restricted by the site administrator.