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Garnier Freres 1111 no pub date xxviii 1376pp printed double column per page with notes, binding shabby with little fraying to head of spine, paper discoloured but tightly bound with clean text, working copy not aesthetically pleasing Good
BIBLIA LATINA - Fust and Schoeffer 48-line Bible leaf by BIBLE; Latin; Vulgate - 1462
by BIBLE; Latin; Vulgate
BIBLIA LATINA - Fust and Schoeffer 48-line Bible leaf
by BIBLE; Latin; Vulgate
- Used
- Hardcover
Mainz: Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer, 14 August 1462,, 1462. Fust and Schoeffer 48-line Bible Leaf. Royal folio (413 x 286 mm). Leaf 194 from gathering 20 of book one, text from 2 Esdras chapter 15 and 16. Double column, 48-lines printed in Gothic type. Titles and chapters in alternating red and blue letters, red and blue two-line initials, rubricated capital initials. Lines 35 to 41 in both columns of recto (only) are reset. 2 ?-inch closed tear to outer margin just slightly affecting text expertly repaired, two old paper-clip ghosting marks to upper margin. Leaf housed in a cloth portfolio; slipcase with gilt lettered red morocco spine label. A fine leaf from the fourth edition of the Vulgate Bible or the 48- line Bible, preceded only by the 42-line Gutenberg Bible, the 36-line Pfister Bible (Bamberg) and the 49-line Mentelin Bible (Strassburg). The first also to include the date of publication, the place of printing, and bear the name of the printer.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Mainz: Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer, 14 August 1462,
- Date Published 1462