Biblia sacrosancta ad Hebraicam veritatem, et probatissimoru[m] ac manuscriptorum exemplarium fidem diligenter recognita et restituta.

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Basel, N. Brylinger, 1557

8vo: [8]-500 [=503]-[25] ff. (browning, min. spotting, first and last quires with light water stains and tiny wormholes and tracks, contemp. ms. annot.).

Orig. German binding: blind-stamped pigskin over wood, boards with fillets and roll-stamp (with i.a. portraits in medallion of M. Luther, Erasmus & Ph. Melanchton), spine with raised bands, metal clasps and catches (sl. rubbed, spine with tiny worm holes).

Latin Bible by the Basel printer and publisher Nikolaus Brylinger (1515-1565). Title with a typical Renaissance woodcut border and a printer's mark.
Ref. VD16 B-2630. - USTC 616619. - Adams 1056. - Bibliotheca Sacra 319. - Not in Darlow & Moule, Bibles Paris.
Prov. Contemp. ms. entry on title erased.