BINDING -- New Testament, in Greek. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1568. 16° (118 x 72mm). Woodcut foliated initials and matching headpieces. (Light waterstain to general title and preliminaries, quire ll misbound.) 17th-century French morocco, sides with dot, line and roll-tool borders enclosing a diaper pattern of dots filled with fleurs-de-lys, spine gilt with repeat field of dots and fleurs-de-lys, gilt edges (a little rubbing, spine chipped at foot, lacks clasps, sewing band detached). Provenance: William Robinson and John [?]Wistmoes (1726 inscription) -- John Spencer (armorial bookplate by J. Brooke).

BINDING -- New Testament, in Greek. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1568. 16° (118 x 72mm). Woodcut foliated initials and matching headpieces. (Light waterstain to general title and preliminaries, quire ll misbound.) 17th-century French morocco, sides with dot, line and roll-tool borders enclosing a diaper pattern of dots filled with fleurs-de-lys, spine gilt with repeat field of dots and fleurs-de-lys, gilt edges (a little rubbing, spine chipped at foot, lacks clasps, sewing band detached). Provenance: William Robinson and John [?]Wistmoes (1726 inscription) -- John Spencer (armorial bookplate by J. Brooke).

POCKET EDITION OF THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT IN AN ATTRACTIVE BINDING. It is printed in a slightly reduced version of the smallest font of the Royal Greek types, and is almost identical to the first edition printed by Robert Estienne the elder in 1546. Darlow & Moule 4633; Schreiber, The Estiennes, 239.