[Rarebooks] FS: Important Greek New Testament with commentary by Wettstein. Amsterdam: 1751-52

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(BIBLE. N.T. GREEK) ...NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRAECUM Editionis Receptae cum Lectionibus Variantibus Codicum MSS... Opera et Studio Joannis Jacobi Wetstenii. Amsterdam: Ex Officina Dommeriana. 1751-1752. Folio. 2 vols. (8),966,(6);896,(24);27,(1),x pp. Titles to each volume printed in red & black with a large copper engraved illustration. Volume I with 1 engraved plate of the Greek letter forms. At the back of the Volume II, with its own title page, are the two spurious Epistles ascribed to St. Clement of Rome, printed in Syriac and Latin, edited by Wettstein. An attractive set in original full vellum with the gilt arms of the Hulme bequest (Hulme's Charity) on both covers, with the motto "Munificentia Hulmiana." Each volume with a few small rubber stamps of the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, who has de-accessioned many of their antiquarian books.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
An important critical edition of the Greek New Testament, with extensive commentary in Latin by Wettstein (1693-1754) one of the most notable New Testament scholars of the 18th century. See Darlow & Moule #4753 (long discussion).

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