Biblia Sacra dat is de geheele Heylighe Schrifture bedeylt int Oudt ende Nieu Testament. Van nieus met groote neersticheyt oversien, ende naer den lesten Roomschen text verbetert door sommighe Doctoren inder Heyligher Godtheyt in de vermaerde Universiteyt van Loven.

Folio: [520] ff. (toned, some marginal dampstaining or spotting).

Contemp. embossed blind-decorated calf over wood, bevelled edges, covers with heads-in-medallions and ornamental roll-stamps, spine with 5 raised bands, metal corner and central pieces, joint strips, clasps and catches (joints splitting, 1 clasp gone). Very good copy.

Original ed. of the Dutch Catholic Moerentorf Bible, in the translation of the Leuven theologian Nicolaus van Winghe (1495-1552). Engraved title. 90 woodcuts. Printed in 2 col., in Gothic type.
Ref. Imhof (Moretus) B-36 (issue B). - Bibles Paris 1182. - BT 473. - Biblia Sacra 1599.B.dut.JM1.a. - Poortman I:131-133.
Prov. Old ownership entries on flyleaf. - Libr. stamp.