Bible. Latin

4to (186 x 124mm.), engraved title-page, text in double columns, with verse-numbers at the side, WITH THE RARE LIST OF ERRATA TO BE CORRECTED IN THE EDITIONS OF 1592, 1593 AND 1598, some contemporary annotations and some inscriptions to title, including ownership inscription of Josephus de Tossis, nineteenth-century smooth calf gilt by C. Lewis, Aldine device stamped in gilt on covers, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, small repair to title, upper cover detached

Bought from Payne & Foss, 1830, by Sir John Hayford Thorold, Syston Park bookplate, sale, 15 December 1884, lot 293, £2-2s; William O'Brien, bequest bookplate dated 1899, with his price in pencil (£3-10)

Censimento 16 CNCE 5809; cf. Darlow & Moule 6184 and Renouard 248/1

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An extremely rare reprint of the 'Sixtine-Clementine' edition - the so-called 'Clementine Bible' - first published in 1592.