1619 Parallel text folio Bible, a reprint of the volume from the Plantin Polyglot. Greek NT and apocrypha, Hebrew OT, with interlinear Latin

A beautiful 1619 complete Bible, in the original languages, with interlinear Latin; a well-regarded translation and a later edition of one volume of the famous Plantin Polyglot Bible. This copy in a fresh, strong and handsome binding, with repair to the text block; this copy is ready for centuries more of service.

A 1619 reprinting of the Plantin Polyglot Bible's Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament and Apocrypha volume, which includes interlinear Latin. This 1619 edition added a "Correctiones" section after the New Testament (and the Chronologia/Index might also be new), and changed the NT title page.

Typographically, the OT, NT and Apocrypha match the 1572 and 1584 Plantin editions and are likely from the same type (not reset). You can see the 1572 edition of Plantin online to compare; Google Books hosts the 1572 work as owned by Ghent University (search Google Books for "Biblia Hebraica" with a year range of 1571-1573).

I note also that Montano's introduction to the OT is laid-out different in the 1572 edition, but it is the same content.

About the Plantin Polyglot -

This edition reprints one volume of the Plantin Polyglot Bible.

The Plantin Polyglot was a massive undertaking from the impressive Plantin press, which included the Bible in five languages, printed in eight volumes between 1568 and 1573. Not just a reprint of earlier bibles, Plantin involved Biblical scholars of the day to study manuscripts and improve the text, including Benito Arias Montanus (credited with being a chief editor).

Volumes 1-4 included the OT in Hebrew, Latin, Greek and Aramaic. Volume 5 contained the NT in Greek and Syriac. Volume 6 is here reprinted. The last two volumes were multi-language dictionaries.

The eight-volume set didn't sell well, but Plantin released a second edition of this volume in 1584, and Rouviere in 1618/1619.

A complete printed-on-vellum set of the 1572 edition sold on July 11, 2018 (Christie's London) for 488,750 pounds (including buyer's premium).

Bibliographic Details -

Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) of the NT 1508066. One copy in Glasgow University Library.

USTC of the OT 4041548; five copies - two in Germany, two in Israel and one in the U.K.

Worldcat OCLC catalogue numbers 19300879, and 34447358 add more copy records.

Physical Attributes -

Measures approx. 39 x 24.5 x 9 cm. Folio. Binding with leather corners and spine, cloth covered boards. Spine with 6 raised bands; title in gilt on red morocco in one compartment and gilt year at base of spine. Printer's mark on both title pages. Some head and tailpieces and decorative initials throughout.

OT Pages - xx, blank leaf (possibly a second blank missing), 183 [1], 283 [1], 84, 203 [1]

NT Pages - viii, 271 [1], iv, 70 (a blank leaf is likely missing after page 70), [xii - Chronologia], [34 of 36; likely blank last leaf missing - Index], 167 [1]

Collation OT - par4, 2par7 (2par8 missing, likely blank), A-O6, P8, a-x6, y-z8, aa-gg6, AA-RR6

Collation NT -par4, A-Y6, Z4, A2, B-F6, G5 (G6 missing, likely a blank), Cross6, AA-BB6, CC7 (CC8 missing, likely blank), Aa-Oo6

In total, three leaves missing that are called for, but all likely to be blanks as they are the last leaf in a section, after the stated "finis"; those missing leaves are OT 2par8, NT G6 and CC8.

Condition -

See pictures. Binding with light corner and edge wear and a few small rubs to the boards. Spine sunned. Several ink spots along text block edge that bleed into the fore-edge of the page within. Refreshed endpapers. Occasional moisture mark throughout. Text block toned throughout, with some foxing, dog-eared pages, thumbing, occasional candle ember and ink spot, page edge wear/chips, etc.

Condition report of the OT – Title page mounted and heavily repaired around the edges; slightly smaller than next leaf, possibly from another copy. First several gatherings dog-eared and worn along edge. Several repairs at bottom corner of first gathering. Edges of F, GG gatherings repaired. Bottom corner d2, n1, s3, QQ4 chipped. OCLC record the second gathering of the book as gg8. This copy has gg6 with text and a blank leaf after; it's possible there is one more blank leaf that the binder chose not to include.

Condition report of the NT and others in Western front – Heavy wear to t.p., repaired and mounted, with ink spots. Next three leaves with corners/edges repaired. Tear repair bottom edge I6. “E” written at leaf E1 of “Correctiones”.

Last leaf of Correctiones and Index missing, likely blank as after "finis" for both.