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BIBLE, Psalms, Syriac and Latin. Liber Psalmorum Davidis Regis et Prophetae ex idiomate Syro in Latinum translatus. (Edited and translated by Gabriel Sionita). Paris: 1625.
4° (244 x 175 mm). Title in red and black, Syriac and Latin texts in parallel columns. CONTEMPORARY PARIS BINDING FOR PRESENTATION TO DOMINIQUE DE VIC: red morocco gilt, two outer roll-tooled frames on sides, inner double-fillet frame between pointillé lines with fleurons, partly pointillé, at corners, in centres the large arms of Dominique de Vic within an oval laurel wreath [Olivier 472, fer 2, citing this copy], 5 raised bands (tooled) on spine, the second compartment lettered, the others closely gilt with small tools, gilt edges (some small patches a little rubbed, not affecting overall fine condition). Provenance: Dominique de Vic (armorial binding); René Choppin (bookplate); Jean Fürstenberg (bookplate).
THE DEDICATION COPY FOR DOMINIQUE DE VIC, IN A FINE PARIS BINDING OF THE FIRST PARIS EDITION OF THE SYRIAC PSALTER. Together with that edited by Erpenius, published possibly five weeks earlier, it constitutes the first appearance of the Syriac Psalter in Europe. While almost certainly printed by Antoine Vitré with the Syriac fount of Savary de Brèves, neither name occurs in the imprint. This copy contains a second, Syriac, title, apparently intended for copies to be sent to the East; as the first issue, it differs slightly from that described by Darlow and Moule: here leaf b4 is blank, and is immediately followed by the Syriac and Latin texts. The editor, Gabriel Sionita, a Maronite from Lebanon, was regius professor and interpreter of Syriac and Arabic at the Sorbonne. Dominique de Vic (ca. 1588-1662), abbot of Pec and Archbishop of Corinth (1625) and of Auch (1629), inherited his father Méry de Vic's magnificent library which included numerous volumes from Jean Grolier's library, which he enlarged considerably; it was dispersed after his death, in 1676. The outer roll on the sides is very similar to a tool identified by R. Esmerian as belonging to the atelier of Macé Ruette. Darlow & Moule 8961.
4° (244 x 175 mm). Title in red and black, Syriac and Latin texts in parallel columns. CONTEMPORARY PARIS BINDING FOR PRESENTATION TO DOMINIQUE DE VIC: red morocco gilt, two outer roll-tooled frames on sides, inner double-fillet frame between pointillé lines with fleurons, partly pointillé, at corners, in centres the large arms of Dominique de Vic within an oval laurel wreath [Olivier 472, fer 2, citing this copy], 5 raised bands (tooled) on spine, the second compartment lettered, the others closely gilt with small tools, gilt edges (some small patches a little rubbed, not affecting overall fine condition). Provenance: Dominique de Vic (armorial binding); René Choppin (bookplate); Jean Fürstenberg (bookplate).
THE DEDICATION COPY FOR DOMINIQUE DE VIC, IN A FINE PARIS BINDING OF THE FIRST PARIS EDITION OF THE SYRIAC PSALTER. Together with that edited by Erpenius, published possibly five weeks earlier, it constitutes the first appearance of the Syriac Psalter in Europe. While almost certainly printed by Antoine Vitré with the Syriac fount of Savary de Brèves, neither name occurs in the imprint. This copy contains a second, Syriac, title, apparently intended for copies to be sent to the East; as the first issue, it differs slightly from that described by Darlow and Moule: here leaf b4 is blank, and is immediately followed by the Syriac and Latin texts. The editor, Gabriel Sionita, a Maronite from Lebanon, was regius professor and interpreter of Syriac and Arabic at the Sorbonne. Dominique de Vic (ca. 1588-1662), abbot of Pec and Archbishop of Corinth (1625) and of Auch (1629), inherited his father Méry de Vic's magnificent library which included numerous volumes from Jean Grolier's library, which he enlarged considerably; it was dispersed after his death, in 1676. The outer roll on the sides is very similar to a tool identified by R. Esmerian as belonging to the atelier of Macé Ruette. Darlow & Moule 8961.