(WETSTEIN, JOHANNES JACOBUS)

H Kainh Aiaohkh. Novum Testamentum Graecum Editionis Receptae, Cum Lectionibus Variantibus Codicum Mss., Editionum Aliarum, Versionum et Patrum, Necnon Commentario Pleniore ex Scriptoribus Veteribus, Hebraeis, Graecis, Et Latinis, Historiam Et Vim Verborum Illustrante opera et studio Joannis Jacobi Wetstenii. 2 vols.

Amsterdam, Dommeriana, 1751 & 1752.

Folio (308 x 194 mm). Uniformly bound in two contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spines. Extremities with wear. Boards with scratches and missing some of the marbled paper. Spines with a few small worm holes and upper compartments missing some of the leather. Title-page in red and black. Text in Greek and Latin. Internally very nice and clean. (10), 966, (2); (4), 920, (27) pp.

The first Wetstein edition – and his final and greatest work. Included as an appendix is the first edition of a Syriac version of the 2 Epistles on virginity attributed to St. Clement of Rome, together with a Latin translation.

Darlow & Moule 4753.

Order-nr.: 60185