22nd Aug, 2024 11:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
Lot 20
 

Bibles. Biblia sacra. 1593 & Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, 1655

Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis Sixti quinti pont. max. iussu recognita atque edita.
Second edition of the Clementine Bible, full contemporary calf, gilt, gilt gauffered edges, covers de-tached, worn, lacking leaves O1-2, pp. 209-212 & O7-8, pp. 221-224, 4to., Rome: Stamperia Apostolica Vaticana, 1593 *** The most accurate of the three Clementine versions. § The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, engraved title-pages, ruled in reed, contemporary full straight-grained black morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, some margins cropped close, some early marginalia, early c.19th. annota-tions to front endpapers, lacking Y1, Y8 & 2B6, [Herbert, 645], Printed by E.T. for a Society of Stationers, 1655. (2)

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