HE KAINE DIATHEKE. Novum Testamentum cum versione Latina Ariae Montani, in quo tum selecti versiculi 1900, quibus omnes Novi Testamenti voces continentur, asteriscis notantur; tum omnes et singulae voces, semel vel saepius occurrentes, peculiari nota distinguuntur.
Novi-Eboraci: Typis et impensis Georgii Long, 1821. 1st thus (American Imprints 4689). Leusden's edition first published 1675, with the first US publication not until 1806 (cf. Simms. BIBLE IN AMERICA, pp. 138-39). This then, according to Simms' chronology, actually the 2nd US of Leusden's edition. viii, 699 pp. Text double column, with Greek text printed in Greek alphabet. Greek title romanized. Bound in 6s. 5-11/16" x 3-1/4". Period tan sheep boards with modern rebacking to style, with original black leather title label relaid onto spine. Overall VG+. Item #26512
Leusden determined that the vocabulary of the Greek Testament amounted to 4956 words, of which 1686 occured only once; and that 1900 selected verses contained the whole number, which were so designated in earlier editions (cf. Darlow & Moule 4717n).
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