(Religion, Bible) - Biblia cu[m] concordantiis veteris et novi testame[n]tis [...]. (Impressa autem Lugduni [Lyon], per M. Jacobum Sacon. Expensis notabilis viri Antonii Koberger Nurembergensis, 1516 die 17 mensis decembris). In-f° : [14]-cccxvii-[1...
Estimation :
1.000 / 1.200
Description
bl.]-[25] lvs (slightly yellowed, some errors in foliotation, ink stains, small dampstains in some margins, foxing, rare marginal handwritten notes, small hole in the text of lf. ci, last blank lf. placed after lf. cccxvii (?), blind stamp on title-page). 17th Century binding : calf, ribbed spine, red sprinkled edges (boards covered up with leather posteriorly, slightly rubbed, numerous scratches on the boards, corners dulled, blind stamped provenance on upper board).
Copy rubricated and ruled. Edition of one of the Sacon-Koberger Bibles printed between 1512 and 1522 by Sacon from Lyon for Anton Koberger (publisher of the famous Nuremberg Chronicle). First edition containing the "concordantie ex viginti libris Josephi de antiquitatibus et bello iudaico excerpte" of Flavius Josephus given by Johannes de Gradibus. Illustrated with 2 full-pages figuring the Creation of the World and the Adoration of the Magi, one threequater picturing Solomon asleep and c. 130 woodcuts in the text. Title printed in red with a full-page representing in front of a portico John the Baptist, Saint Augustine and Saint Jerome on the sides, the arms of the Holy Roman Empire and those of Nuremberg. Text, partly in red, printed on two columns with decorated initial letters, some large, and the printer's mark at the colophon. With the tables of concordance of the Gospels printed in red typographical columns and followed by the "Interpretationes nominum Hebraicorum", a dictionary of Hebrew names often supplied with early printed Bibles. # Baudrier XII 339/340; # Adams B-993; # STC French 53; # USTC 144530; # Darlow & Moule 6101 (ed. 1521) and 6102 (ed. 1522); # not in Machiels nor in Soltész. ▲ Provenance : J.M. Chedeville (handwritten mention). ^ Édition lyonnaise illustrée de 3 pleines pages ( 1 sur le titre) et de c. 130 vignettes in texto dont une grande figurant Salomon endormi. Qqs passages imprimés en rouge comme le décor des tables de concordance des Évangiles. Plein veau du 17e s. (lég. jauni, dernier f. blanc placé après le f. cccxvii (?), plats recouverts de veau postérieurement, griffes sur les plats).
Copy rubricated and ruled. Edition of one of the Sacon-Koberger Bibles printed between 1512 and 1522 by Sacon from Lyon for Anton Koberger (publisher of the famous Nuremberg Chronicle). First edition containing the "concordantie ex viginti libris Josephi de antiquitatibus et bello iudaico excerpte" of Flavius Josephus given by Johannes de Gradibus. Illustrated with 2 full-pages figuring the Creation of the World and the Adoration of the Magi, one threequater picturing Solomon asleep and c. 130 woodcuts in the text. Title printed in red with a full-page representing in front of a portico John the Baptist, Saint Augustine and Saint Jerome on the sides, the arms of the Holy Roman Empire and those of Nuremberg. Text, partly in red, printed on two columns with decorated initial letters, some large, and the printer's mark at the colophon. With the tables of concordance of the Gospels printed in red typographical columns and followed by the "Interpretationes nominum Hebraicorum", a dictionary of Hebrew names often supplied with early printed Bibles. # Baudrier XII 339/340; # Adams B-993; # STC French 53; # USTC 144530; # Darlow & Moule 6101 (ed. 1521) and 6102 (ed. 1522); # not in Machiels nor in Soltész. ▲ Provenance : J.M. Chedeville (handwritten mention). ^ Édition lyonnaise illustrée de 3 pleines pages ( 1 sur le titre) et de c. 130 vignettes in texto dont une grande figurant Salomon endormi. Qqs passages imprimés en rouge comme le décor des tables de concordance des Évangiles. Plein veau du 17e s. (lég. jauni, dernier f. blanc placé après le f. cccxvii (?), plats recouverts de veau postérieurement, griffes sur les plats).
