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Biblia Latina...
Bible in Latin

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 30 July, 1477 Folio, 51 lines; double column; types 4:160G, 3:110aG. Rubricated; headlines in red in upright bastarda script; fol. 2/1r with 12-line floriated initial F illuminated in green & pink with foliate marginal extensions, the lower margin filled with sprays & flowers in colors with white tracery; opening page of Proverbs with 1 11-line initials, 1 with floral extensions. - 467 (of 468) leaves; lacking 1st blank. Modern morocco over wooden boards, by Pratt, extremities rubbed, scrapes, inner hinge cracked. Internally very good, with wide margins and the paper very crisp. The second Koberger Bible, a page for page reprint of the Bible printed in Basel by Bernhard Richel not later than 1474, the first of a series of Bibles all printed in Germany before 1481 to contain the tract of Menardus abandoned in later Vulgate Bibles, the Eusebian Canons, and marginal concordances to the Gospels. An exceptionally well-margined and well preserved copy. Arthur Haddaway’s copy, from the Allan Library with their old stamps and a manuscript note of ownership tipped in at the front signed J. Mead (c. 1875?). Goff B-552; HC 3065; BMC II.414; GKW 4227. (Item ID: 102886)

$57,500.00