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Τεσ Καινεσ Διαθεκεσ Αηαντα . Novum Iesu Christi Domini Nostri Testamentum
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Ioannis Ioanni|Sedani [Sedan] [Sedan] 1628|4.50 x 8.50 cm|relié
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[BIBLE] [MINUSCULE] [TYPOGRAPHY] Tes Kaines Diathekes Ahanta [Τεσ Καινεσ Διαθεκεσ Αηαντα] Novum Iesu Christi Domini Nostri Testamentum
Ioannis Ioanni, Sedani [Sedan] 1628, in-32 (4,5x8,5 cm), 571 pp., bound.
First edition of this minuscule Bible in Greek printed by Jean Jannon and entirely composed in “petite sedanoise”. Jannon custom made the Greek type for this edition.
Bound in full red morocco by Simier.
Trained in the press of Robert Estienne, Protestant publisher Jean Jannon took refuge in Sedan in northeastern France, which became a principality after the Edict of Nantes.
There he invented the “petite sedanoise”, a very fine and legible typograph especially suited for printing very small books.
Provenance: Library of Charles-Louis Frossard de Nîmes, pastor of the Reformed Church of France and archivist of the General Synod, with his bookplate pasted to the back of the first endpaper. Another handwritten bookplate below: “A. Lavarde – 72, rue Claude Bernard Paris – 1913”.
Rare copy of this very first minuscule New Testament in Greek, an outstanding technical achievement at the time.
Ioannis Ioanni, Sedani [Sedan] 1628, in-32 (4,5x8,5 cm), 571 pp., bound.
First edition of this minuscule Bible in Greek printed by Jean Jannon and entirely composed in “petite sedanoise”. Jannon custom made the Greek type for this edition.
Bound in full red morocco by Simier.
Trained in the press of Robert Estienne, Protestant publisher Jean Jannon took refuge in Sedan in northeastern France, which became a principality after the Edict of Nantes.
There he invented the “petite sedanoise”, a very fine and legible typograph especially suited for printing very small books.
Provenance: Library of Charles-Louis Frossard de Nîmes, pastor of the Reformed Church of France and archivist of the General Synod, with his bookplate pasted to the back of the first endpaper. Another handwritten bookplate below: “A. Lavarde – 72, rue Claude Bernard Paris – 1913”.
Rare copy of this very first minuscule New Testament in Greek, an outstanding technical achievement at the time.
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Formé par Robert Estienne, l'éditeur protestant Jean Jannon se réfugia à Sedan, devenue principauté après l'Edit de Nantes. C'est dans cette cité du Nord-Est de la France qu'il inventa la "petite sedanoise", une typographie d'une finesse inédite et cependant d'une grande lisibilité, adéquate pour l'impression de très petits formats de livres. Cette typographie, connue aujourd'hui sous l'appelation "Garamond" (suite à une erreur d'attribution au graveur Claude Garamont), fut également appelée « Romain de l'Université » par Richelieu qui en fit le caractère standard de la Manufacture Royale d'imprimerie. Grâce à ses multiples déclinaisons, elle l'une des polices plus utilisées au monde.
Provenance : de la bibliothèque de Charles-Louis Frossard de Nîmes, pasteur de l'Eglise réformée de France et archiviste du synode général, avec son ex-libris encollé au dos de la première garde. Un autre ex-libris manuscrit en-dessous : "A. Lavarde - 72, rue Claude Bernard Paris - 1913".
Rare exemplaire de ce tout premier Nouveau Testament minuscule en grec, véritable prouesse technique pour l'époque.
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