[Rarebooks] MINIATURE EDITION OF THE PSALMS IN GREEK, 1584.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(Bible, O.T., Psalms, in Greek)[Greek] "PSALTERION PROPHETU KAI BASILEOS TU DABID"  PSALMORUM LIBER.Antwerp: C. Plantin. 1584.  16mo. (3 1/4" high).  391,(9)pp.  Title page with small woodcut Plantin device.  Title page ruled in red.  Contemporary plain calf, spine with 3 raised bands.  Small "Levitan" bookplate (see below).  A very nice copy.
$1250
    A rare edition, with text entirely in Greek.  Plantin also printed a Greek & Latin edition    the same year, with pagination of 267,xiipp.  OCLC only records 5  
    copies.  From the book collection of Kalman L. Levitan, who formed an important collection    of miniature books, and also founded The Miniature Book Society.
Kenneth KarmioleP.O. Box 464, Santa Monica, CA 90406310-266-1910.  kkarmiole at yahoo.com