Live auction - Lot 951
[Plantin Press - Bible]
Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata [...] [and] Hebraea, Chaldaea, Graeca et Latina nomina [...] quae in Bibliis [...] leguntur.
Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1565
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
3 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [8]-392 , 98-[21], [32] ff. (lacking final blank P8 of Biblia).
Cont. calf, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, red edges (rebacked, rubbed, corners bumped). Good copy.
Second Plantin edition (1st 1560) of the Latin Leuven Bible. Printed in 2 cols. Title with woodcut mark within woodcut border. Complete with the rare dictionary of biblical names (col. 1 March 1565), with marginalia in Hebrew and Greek. Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 681 & 1749. - Sorgeloos 138. - BT 444 & 5919. - Adams B-1069. - STC Dutch (BL) 22. - Pettegree NB 3773 & 5007. - Not in Darlow-Moule, Machiels. Prov. Stamp on title. - Ownership entry on flyleaf erased. - Ms. notes on front flylvs in Latin & Hebrew.