Die Bibel/ wederom met grooter nersticheit oversien ende gecorrigeert/ meer dan in sesshondert plaetzen/ ende collacioneert met den ouden Latinschen/ ongefalssten Biblien, deur B. Alexander Blanckart/ Carmelit.

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Cologne, J. von Gennep, 1547-1548

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8]-cccclxiiij (= 464), [1]-cix (= 108) ff. (lacking final blank; sl. toned, some minor soiling or dampstaining, tear in Nn7).

Mod. blind-ruled calf “à l’antique”, gilt-titled spine with 5 raised bands. Good copy.

Rare Cologne Dutch Bible, combining texts from the Delft and the Vorsterman Bible, published in competition with the (new) Catholic translation of the Leuven 1548 Bible. Titles within elaborate woodcut border. 70 woodcuts in OT. Printed in 2 col., in gothic type.
Ref. Bibles Paris 1171. - VD-16 B-2865. - Biblia Sacra 1548.B.dut.JvG.a (ext. descr.). - Typogr. Bat. 552 = STCN 86367089X. - Poortman I:124-125. - Darlow/Moule 3286.
*** Prov. Old pen line numbering. - Libr. stamps.