BIBLIA SACRA of the Vulgate edition, revised by Pope Sixtus V, and published under the authority of Clement VIII.

S.l. [Cologne], heirs of Bernhard Wolter (Bern. Gualteri), 1647. BIBLIA SACRA vulgatae editionis, Sixti V Pont. M. justu recognita, et Clementis VIII auctoritate edita.

Price : 6.500,00 €

Superb complete Bible in 33 volumes bound in red morocco with spines finely decorated in grotesque style.

1 in stock

Categories: ,

S.l. [Cologne], heirs of Bernhard Wolter (Bern. Gualteri), 1647.

33 volumes in small octodecimos decorated with 4 engraved frontispieces. Full red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gold corner fleurons, smooth spines adorned with grotesques, green morocco title piece, gilt fillet on edges, gilt edges, blue moiré endpapers. Binding of the period.

The set is protected in a brown shagreen box, title Biblia Sacra blind-stamped in the center of the lid, green velvet lining.

Complete with all its pages: I/ 1 frontispiece and (32) ff.; II/ 1 frontispiece and pp. 1 to 106; III/ pp. 107 to 192; IV/ pp. 193 to 252; V/ pp. 252 to 336; VI/ pp. 337 to 413; VII/ 1 frontispiece and pp. 1 to 52; VIII/ 53-106; IX/ 107-190; X/ 191-250; XI/ 251-320; XII/ 321-388; XIII/ 389-450; XIV/ 451-528; XV/ 93 pp., (29) pp.; XVI/ (1) f., pp. 1 to 52; XVII/ pp. 53 to 196; XVIII/ pp. 197 to 352; XIX/ pp. 353 to 466; XX/ 467 to 558; XXI/ 1 frontispiece, pp. 1 to 114; XXII/ 115-192; XXIII/ 193-248; XXIV/ 249-322; XXV/ 323-402; XXVI/ 403-490; XXVII/ 491-559; XXVIII/ 1 frontispiece, 1-110; XXIX/ 111-264; XXX/ 265-376; XXXI/ 377-516; XXXII/ 517-632; XXXIII/ (61) ff.

100 x 49 mm.

Read more

This 1647 edition of the Vulgate, the Latin Bible used by the Roman Catholic Church, was published in Cologne by the printing house of Bernhard Wolter.

Reference: Delaveau-Hillard, Printed Bibles from the 15th to the 18th century, No. 1032.

Rare Latin edition in small format of the Bible, illustrated with five engraved frontispieces.

Superb period binding in 33 volumes, in red morocco, with spines finely decorated in grotesque style.

See less information

Additional information

Auteur

S.l. [Cologne], heirs of Bernhard Wolter (Bern. Gualteri), 1647.

On the same topic

Catecismo Mexicano Que contiene toda la Doctrina Christia... Very rare Catholic catechism in the nahuatl language, the main idiom of the... Discover Le Timée de Platon, traittant de la nature du monde, &... Very pure copy preserved in its contemporary limp vellum binding. Discover Les Contemporaines. Copy bound in full red decorated morocco, an enviable condition for one of Re... Discover Parapilla, poëme en cinq chants, traduit de l’italien. A precious collection of two erotic works from the end of the 18th century, d... Discover Rhetorica Christiana ad concionandi, et orandi vsvm acj c... A very curious illustration drawn and copper-engraved by the author himself, ... Discover