Shelfmark
Gh.5.28
Title
Alphabetum Græcum regiis trium generum characteribus postremò excusum..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lutetiae, : Ex officina Roberti Stephani, Typographi Regii., M.D.LXVI. [1566]
Physical description
64 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm. (8⁰)
Note
Printed by Charles Estienne.
Note
Second edition, second issue, third state. Although both editions of this work were printed by Charles Estienne, all imprints from the first edition and some from the second edition bear Robert Estienne's name. The second edition, second issue bears Robert's name in the imprint (the second edition, first issue, bears Charles's name). The title page exists in three states in the second issue, otherwise they are identical (cf. Tissol).
Note
The second edition differs from the first in the last two pages of text (D7b-D8a). In the first edition, these pages contain text from Acts and a colophon (see Renouard 76 no. 4). In the second edition, these pages contain four graces in Greek with facing Latin versions, and no colophon; there are also minor variations in the typesetting between the two editions (cf. Tissol).
Note
Signatures: A-D⁸.
Note
Printer's device on title page (Schreiber 8, rather than 11 in another state).
Citation/references note
Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne, 76,4
Citation/references note
Tissol. G. "Two Alphabeta Graeca (1550) and the Estienne Press at Paris." In The Library, 7th series, v. 14, no. 3 (2013), 334-348
Citation/references note
Schreiber, F. Estiennes, p. 254
Provenance
Inscription of William Bodley on A3r.
Provenance
Inscription of Thomas Brend? on the last page.
Provenance
Booklabel on front pastedown recording donation to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.
Binding
?18th-century calf; double frame with double blind fillet and small tools at corners; four raised bands decorated with blind/gold fillets; red sprinkled edges; one additional flyleaf on front and back of book;
Subject
Printing France Paris 16th century Specimens.
Subject
Greek language Alphabet Early works to 1800.
Subject
Greek type Early works to 1800.
Subject
Greek type Specimens.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Robert, 1503? - 1559 printer.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Charles, 1504 - ca. 1564 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Identifier
B50296