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Bible, Latin, Venice, 1587, contemporary stamped pigskin

Lot Closed

June 15, 02:06 PM GMT

Estimate

500 - 700 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Bible. Latin


Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria nunc recens castigata. Venice: (Girolamo Polo), 1587


4to (203 x 145mm.), title within woodcut border, woodcut initials and illustrations, without final blank leaf, contemporary stamped pigskin over wooden boards, gilt and gauffered edges, two clasps, occasional light staining


An edition of the Louvain Bible (1547), with illustrations based on those of Holbein, Pierre Eskrich and Bernard Salomon produced for Lyonese Bibles. This text was supplanted in 1590 by the Sixtine edition of the Vulgate.


LITERATURE:

Edit16 5801


PROVENANCE:

paper label lettered Napier on inside front cover