Biblia Sacra, ad Vetustissima Exemplaria Castigata, Néconon Figuris & Chorographicis Descriptionibus Illustrata. Quid autem in Horum Bibliorum Castigatione Præstitum sit, Subsequens Præfatio Latius Indicabit. Accesserunt Prætereà, Hebraicorum, Chaldæorum & Græcorum Nominum Interpretationes, cum Indicibus Copiosissimis

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Lot #22Biblia Sacra, ad Vetustissima Exemplaria Castigata, Néconon Figuris & Chorographicis Descriptionibus Illustrata. Quid autem in Horum Bibliorum Castigatione Præstitum sit, Subsequens Præfatio Latius Indicabit. Accesserunt Prætereà, Hebraicorum, Chaldæorum & Græcorum Nominum Interpretationes, cum Indicibus Copiosissimis

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(Bible in Latin, 1569)

Title:

Biblia Sacra, ad Vetustissima Exemplaria Castigata, Néconon Figuris & Chorographicis Descriptionibus Illustrata. Quid autem in Horum Bibliorum Castigatione Præstitum sit, Subsequens Præfatio Latius Indicabit. Accesserunt Prætereà, Hebraicorum, Chaldæorum & Græcorum Nominum Interpretationes, cum Indicibus Copiosissimis

Author:

**

Place Published:

Lugduni [Lyons]

Publisher:

Guliel. Rouillium

Date Published:

1569

Description:

[10], 394, [65] leaves. 4 wood engraved maps, many illustrations in the text. (Folio) 14x9, modern full vellum with pigskin ties.

Early reprint of the 1547 "Louvain Bible" a Vulgate edition created by imperial edict and essentially the authorized version until the Sixtine Bible of 1590. This copy a survivor of the devastating Florence flood of 1967. Handsomely restored and with conservator's report included. Conservation work by Vera Michelin Salomon, Rome, 1973.

Condition:

Text washed and resewn; title leaf and a first text leaf remargined; repairs to margins of a few leaves; stains not completely eradicated from text, binding fine, text good to very good.

Item#:

172460
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Sale 333: Fine & Rare Books & Manuscripts (#333) 06/08/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/08/2006 1:00 PM PDT

Sale 333: Fine & Rare Books & Manuscripts (#333) 06/08/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/08/2006 1:00 PM PDT

Sale 333: Fine & Rare Books & Manuscripts (#333) 06/08/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Sale 333: Fine & Rare Books & Manuscripts (#333) 06/08/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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