Biblia Sacra quae praeter antiquae Latinae versionis necessariam emendationem, & difficiliorum locorum succintam explanationem [...] multas [...] observationes, ex praestantissimorum [...] Theologorum […] lucubrationibus, necnon ex Formulae Concordiae excerptas, & ad praesentem Ecclesiae statum, nostrique temporis controversias fideliter datas continent. Cum indice gemino […] studio & opera Andreae Osiandri [...].

Folio: [6]-312 (= 304)-[1]-118 (= 119)-[1]-99 (= 100)-[22] ff. (sl. toned, minor marginal dampstaining or soiling, single wormhole in first quires).

Mod. calf with remains of old blind-decorated calf pasted on, spine on 4 raised bands, bluish edges, mod. endpapers. Good copy.

First edition of the Lutheran Latin Bible by Andreas (II) Osiander (1562-1617). Title within elaborate woodcut border. Full-page engraved portrait and arms of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (1557-1608) by W. Dietterlin. Large woodcut mark on part-titles and at the end. Printed in 2 col. within woodcut border.
Ref. Bibles Paris 969. - VD-16 B-2672. - Adams B-1108. - Darlow/Moule 6190. - STC German (BL) 88.
*** Prov. Old Latin notes in margins of title, f. 1r and, occasionally, elsewhere. - 18th-c. note on old endpaper (bound with at front). - On front cover blind stamps of Altenburg, initials ‘M A W’ and date ‘1601’.