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Lot 205
DIODATI, Giovanni (1576-1649). Il Nuovo Testamento del Sign...
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DIODATI, Giovanni (1576-1649). Il Nuovo Testamento del Signor nostro Jesu Christo tradotto da Giovanni Diodati. Geneva: Pietro Aubert, 1608. 32mo. Engraved title-page. (Hinges cracking, text toned, somewhat soiled, some ink notations on recto and verso of title-page). Contemporary full dark brown morocco, boards ruled and paneled in gilt, spine ruled in gilt, manuscript paper label on spine (binding worn, somewhat soiled, both free endpapers lacking, front blank loose). Provenance: bookplate of F. E. Maser and previous owner?s signature on front blank); bookplate (?Reignolds?) on front pastedown. Rare early printing of the first Protestant New Testament in Italian. Diodati?s modernized Italian translation of the Protestant Bible is still the standard for Italian Protestants to this day.
