Italian Protestant Bible · Samuel Bagster · Regency Binding · Harper Cheltenham
An Italian New Testament in Regency England — Diodati’s 1821 Bagster Edition in a Decorated Red Binding
Italian New Testament translated by Giovanni Diodati · Samuel Bagster, London, 1821
Catalogue details
Description
An attractive Italian-language New Testament printed by Samuel Bagster, reflecting the circulation of the Protestant Bible beyond national boundaries during the early nineteenth century. Giovanni Diodati’s 1607 translation became foundational to Italian Protestant readership, and Bagster specialised in international scriptural publishing.
- Dimensions
- Measurements gladly provided on request
- Translator
- Giovanni Diodati (1576–1649)
- Title
- Il Nuovo Testamento del Nostro Signore e Salvatore Gesù Cristo
- Publisher
- Samuel Bagster, Paternoster Row, London
- Date
- 1821 (MDCCCXXI)
- Language
- Italian
- Binding
- Red decorative gilt and blind-tooled boards; leather identification unconfirmed Endpapers: Multicoloured marbled paper
- Ownership
- Unidentified inscription on the title page; Harper stationer label, Cheltenham
- Condition
- Please consult the photographs for condition. Additional photographs are available on request.
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Historical context & sources
Harper of Cheltenham — Commercial Provenance
The pastedown bears the printed ticket “Harper, Stationer, Cheltenham”, documenting an association with an English stationer. A manuscript name appears above the title, but its reading cannot be established with confidence. The ticket cannot by itself establish that Harper manufactured the binding.
