Lot 785
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Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et noui testame[n]ti et sacroru[m] canonu[m]: necnon & additionibus in marginibus varietatis diversorum textuum [...].
€ 1.500 / 2.000
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Lot description
Lyon, J. Marion for A. Koberger (Nürnberg), 12 December 1520
Folio: [14]-CCCXVII (= 317)-[14 (of 26) ff. (lacking blanks R6 and CC10, and 11 Index ff.; final quire present bound in wrong order; cut short occasionally shaving prelim. ff., marginal soiling and dampstaining, title mounted with margins strengthened, sm. def. to 2nd prelim. f., a few single wormholes, marginal worming throughout touching a few letters, bottom corner N6-7 torn off with minor loss).
Contemp. gilt calf, covers with frames of double gilt ruled borders, gilt corner pieces, spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, skilfully repaired). Good copy.
Illustrated Latin Vulgate with various concordances. Two large woodcuts by Hans Springinklee (1495-1540, a pupil of Dürer) presenting St Jerome (on title) and Nativity (beginning of New Testament), and 144 woodcuts in text (incl. repeats): 18 by Springinklee, 59 by Erhard Schön (1491-1542), and some other cuts mostly copied from the Venice 1498 ed. On verso of f. 141 an early picture of a Native American. Title and initial chapter headings printed in red, as well as the Canon. Printed in gothic type, in 2 col.
Ref. Bibles Paris 793. - SvGültlingen (Marion) 32. - Mortimer (Harvard French) 63. - Pettegree FB 57273. - STC French (BL) 53. - Not in Adams, Darlow/Moule, VD-16.
*** Prov. "M. Gab. Corbet / Prestre Curé / de la Trinité / de Falaise" (gilt contemp. name on covers).