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Bible. Polyglot Psalterium in quatuor linguis Hebraea Graeca Chaldaea Latina (ed. Johann Potken). Cologne: [Johann Potken and Johann Soter], 10 June (3. Id. Jun.) 1518 Chancery folio (10¼ x 7¼ in.; 260 x 184 mm). Greek, Roman, Ethiopic Hebrew types; woodcut floral interlace title-border; three woodcut ornamental initals (Latin, Greek, Hebrew) for Psalm 1. collation: a-z6, &6; ¶4: 148 leaves, &6 blank and present; title lightly soiled, occasional marginal soiling or tiny stains, small repairs in fore-edges of last two leaves. Eighteenth-century calf, spine richly gilt, gold-stamped red morocco label, red-stained edges; head and foot of spine chipped, corners and edges torn, a few scuff marks.