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Paraphrasis Psalmorum Davidis Poetica; Ex optimis Codicibus summo studio recognita & castigata à Thoma Ruddimano. Accessere duæ ejusdem Geo. Buchanani tragoediæ sacræ, Jephthes & Baptistes.
by Buchanan, George
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- Hardcover
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgi [Edinburgh]: Venundantue apud M. Rob. Freebairn, 1716. 12mo, pp. [ii], x, 280. Contemporary sheep, boards bordered with a gilt rule, spine divided by raised bands between gilt rules. A touch of spotting and toning, faint waterstain to bottom of early leaves. Rubbed, a little wear to extremities. Ownership inscription of J. Norcross to flyleaf. A small-format Edinburgh printing of Buchanan’s translation of the psalms into Latin verse, following Freebairn’s 2-volume folio edition of Buchanan’s ‘Opera Omnia’ the previous year. ESTC N7203.
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- McNaughtan's Bookshop
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- 4687
- Title
- Paraphrasis Psalmorum Davidis Poetica; Ex optimis Codicibus summo studio recognita & castigata à Thoma Ruddimano. Accessere duæ ejusdem Geo. Buchanani tragoediæ sacræ, Jephthes & Baptistes.
- Author
- Buchanan, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Venundantue apud M. Rob. Freebairn
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgi [Edinburgh]
- Date Published
- 1716
- Keywords
- Religion Scottish Latin Theology
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- Spine
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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