Biblia Sacra Mazarinea. "Die Mazarine Bibel". MCDLV.

3 vol., folio: 72, 648, 636 pp.

Brown publ. cloth, gilt flat spine. Excellent copy.

Quality facsimile edition of the 42-line Gutenberg bible, the first European book printed using movable type, in 1455. This facs. edition, printed on strong laid paper, in colour and with the original watermark reproduced in the paper, is based on the complete copy (one of 29 surviving) held in the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris. With companion volume in German. Bookpl. B. [Gobbe]. Joined: Book stand. Wood, ca. 48 x 34 cm. Adjustable table top. - La Bible. Sertie de miniatures tirées de "la Bible Trivulziana", de "la Bible de Sens" et d'autres chefs-d'oeuvres des XIVe-XVe siècles. Paris, France Loisirs, 2001, 4to, gilt red publ. cloth, a.e.g., 1163 pp. Bookpl. B. [Gobbe]. (4 vol.)