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The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, the sons of Jacob Translated out of Greek into Latine by Robert Grosthead sometime bishop of Lincoln: and out ... and Dutch by others, and now Englished (1677) - Softcover
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The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, the sons of Jacob Translated out of Greek into Latine by Robert Grosthead sometime bishop of Lincoln: and out of his copy into French and Dutch by others, and now Englished
Testamentum duodecim patriarcharum. English.
Day, Richard, b. 1552.
Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.
Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.
Title page woodcut.
"To the Christian reader" signed: Richard Day.
First edition translated by Anthony Gilby.
Signatures: A-K.
Final leaf has caption title and colophon: How these testaments of the twelve patriarchs were first found, and by whose means they were translated out of Greek into Latin. At London, printed for the Company of Stationers. 1679.
Copy tightly bound.
[160] p. :
London : printed by M. Clark, for the Company of Stationers, 1677.
Wing (2nd ed.) / T797A
English
Reproduction of the original in the Trinity College (University of Cambridge) Library
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