Only edition by Robert Estienne II. [xxxii], 494, [2]; 342, [42] pp. With terminal blanks. Title page of second volume ("Hai tou hagiou Paulou epistolai") dated 1569. Woodcut Estienne devices to both titles. 1 vols. 16mo. 19th-century full straight-grained blue morocco, tooled gilt frames to boards, gilt title, fillets and ornaments to spine, gilt tooling to outer and inner board edges, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Preliminaries ruled in red ink. Joints a bit rubbed, spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Moderate toning, a few partial cracks to text block, all leaves secure. A handsome copy. Provenance: Cecil Dunn-Gardner (pencil note to front endleaf); General Theological Seminary (bookplates, blindstamps, inkstamp to verso of title). USTC 140582; Darlow & Moule 4633; Renouard 171 (1); Schreiber 239; Adams B1671.

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Printed by the son of the great Reformation printer Robert Estienne (Stephanus) and brother of Henri Estienne II, the text primarily follows the first Estienne edition of 1546, substituting readings from the editions of 1549 or 1550 in five places. "The book closely resembles in size and type the O mirificam editions [of 1546 and 1549], copies of which had become difficult to procure. The body of the type has been slightly reduced" from that of the original Royal Greek types by Claude Garamond (Darlow & Moule).