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Contributors:

Pickering, William, 1796-1854 , publisher

Corrall, Charles , printer

Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839 , engraver

Miniature Book Collection

Languages:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

Item content: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Main Work:

Bible > New Testament (Greek; 1828)

Related Works:

Miniature Book Collection

Related Series:

Diamond classics

Subjects:

Greek type — 19th century — England — London — Specimens

1800-1899

Greek type

Miniature books

England — London

England

Genres:

Miniature books (Printing) — England — 19th century

Woodcuts (prints) — 19th century — England

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) — 1828 — England

Unopened books (Binding) — 19th century — England

Publishers' advertisements — 1828 — England

Printed books — England — London — 19th century

Books in Greek — 19th century

Specimens

General Notes:

Half-title: Hē Kainē Diathēkē.
Frontispiece: engraving by W.H. Worthington of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
Woodcut title vignette of a cross among clouds; woodcut head-piece.
"Londini. Typis C. Corrall"--colophon.
Text in Greek, title page and dedication in Latin, publisher's advertisements in English.
[8] p. of publisher's advertisements at end of volume.
Printed in Corrall's c.4 1/2-point Greek type. Same type used for the Pickering Diamond Classic edition of Homer.
One of Pickering's series "Diamond Classics."
Stone, Wilbur Macey. "The Pickering Diamond Classics", The News Letter of the Lxivmos #12 (November 15, 1928), p.6-7.
Welsh, D.V. Bibliography of miniature books 1470-1965, #869.
Kelly, J. A checklist of books published by Wiliam Pickering, 1820-1853, p.50, #1828.17.
Bound in publisher's red cloth with applied printed paper spine label.
Pages are unopened/uncut.

Physical Description:

511 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 89 mm

Call Numbers:

Z232.P59 N68 1828

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

35025167

OCLC Numbers:

25443224