Bible, Polyglot.- Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, 6 vol., first edition, edited by Brian Walton, Thomas ...

Bible, Polyglot.- Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, 6 vol., first edition, edited by Brian Walton, vol.1 with engraved portrait frontispiece of Walton by P. Lombart, additional engraved title, double-page engraved map of the Holy Land ruled in red, double-page engraved plan of Jerusalem, 4 plates (3 double-page),printed cancel slip to omit "vel summorum Pontificum" mounted to p.48, lacking blank leaf at end of vol.1 and 6, some foxing and soiling, 18th century calf, worn, vol.1 rebacked, Thomas Roycroft, 1657; Castell (Edmund) Lexicon Heptaglotton, 2 vol., title in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne, some foxing and browning, a few repaired tears, vol.1 18th century calf, rebacked, vol.2 modern calf-backed cloth, Thomas Roycroft, 1669, together 8 vol., folio*** A complete set of this typographic tour de force. This was the fourth great large-scale Polyglot with Ethiopic, Persian, Arabic, Chaldaean, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Samaritan, and Syriac fonts.Provenance: Bequeathed to the Bishopric of Cornwall by the Rev. Franke Parker, Rector of Luffincott, Devon, 1888 (bookplate).Literature: Darlow and Moule 1446; Wing B2797.