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(LATIN. NEW TESTAMENT.) [Novum Testamentum.]

211, [1]; [4], 155, [17] leaves, including blank 2d4. Ruled in red throughout. 8vo, 18th-century red morocco gilt, joints cracked. Extraneous engraving of the Crucifixion by [Charles?] Le Brun tipped in opposite title. Paris: Stephanus, 1541

  • Notes: "The first separate edition of the New Testament printed by Robert Estienne... This edition incurred the censure of the Theological Faculty of Paris on account of the allegedly heretical tendency of some of Robert's marginal notes"--Schreiber 66.

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