1657 6 VOLUME WALTON POLYGLOT [London] 8 languages Gen RARE

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1657 6 VOLUME WALTON POLYGLOT [London] 8 languages Gen RARE:
$42500.00

1657 6 VOLUME WALTON POLYGLOT [London] 8 languages Gen **VERY RARE**
The London, or Walton, polyglot bible, and a monument of English scholarship and typography—it is also the second book published by subscription in England. Edited by Brian Walton, who was consecrated Bishop of Chester in 1660, it contains certain texts in Ethiopic and Persian, making this the most complete of all the great polyglot editions.
6 volumes, folio (17 1/2 x 11 in.). Parallel Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Samaritan (Pentateuch), Ethiopic (Job to Malachi, NT), Persian (Gospels) and Arabic texts, with Aramaic (Chaldaean) Targums in vol. 4, general title-page printed in red and black, 2 full-sheet engraved maps, and 4 engraved plates (some folding or double-page) by Wenceslas Hollar, a few woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut initials; some foxing and browning throughout,Engraved double-page map of the Holy Land, double-page plan of Jerusalem, text in Latin, Persian, Ethiopic, Samaritan, Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldean.Scattered foxing and browning and occasionalwater staining. Nothing out of the ordinary and age appropriate. Many pages are in very (very) nice condition (near fine).Contemporary vellum bindings.Bindings and pages intact but some starting to separate a little. See Photos.
I can only show a few pages from this massive 6 volume folio set.
Will be shipped securely packaged in 2 boxes (Weighs approx 40 lbs).