The Widmanstadt-Moses of Mardin Editio Princeps of The Syriac Gospels of 1555: A Facsimile Limited Numbered Edition with an Introduction by George A. Kiraz - Hardcover

A replica reprint of the first edition of the Syriac Gospels, published by J. A. Widmanstadius and Moses of Mardin in 1555, coupled with Widmanstadius's primer Syriacæ linguæ ... prima elementa. This 500-copy limited collector's edition is custom bound, with long lasting high-quality acid-neutral paper, rich fabric endsheets, permanent satin ribbon page marker, and illustrative stamping of the original leather cover. The replica edition is based on a rare copy of the Gospels preserved at the Bible Museum in Münster, and a rare copy of the elementa from the George A. Kiraz private collection. The introduction by George A. Kiraz gives the history of the edition in detail.