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BIBLE, IN LATIN [Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, [Freiburg im Breisgau, Kilianus Piscator (Fischer), c.1493-94] or [Basel, Johann Amerbach, c.1494-95] image 1
BIBLE, IN LATIN [Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, [Freiburg im Breisgau, Kilianus Piscator (Fischer), c.1493-94] or [Basel, Johann Amerbach, c.1494-95] image 2
BIBLE, IN LATIN [Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, [Freiburg im Breisgau, Kilianus Piscator (Fischer), c.1493-94] or [Basel, Johann Amerbach, c.1494-95] image 3
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[Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, [Freiburg, c.1493-1494 or Basel, c.1494-1495]

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BIBLE, IN LATIN

[Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, 408 leaves, 56 lines and headline, 2 columns, Gothic letter, large opening initial in red and blue, capital spaces filled in alternate red and blue, some with decorative flourishes, paragraph marks in red, opening leaf laid down with loss to blank fore-margin, paper flaw to margin of one leaf (Z1, with loss of a couple of letters), heavy dampstain to 4 leaves (Aa1-4), light dampstain to upper margin of approximately 20 leaves, single wormhole to opening few leaves, and a few single wormholes to index at end, strip of manuscript binder's waste visible after a8, a few minor ink annotations (mostly marginal) in several early hands, early blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, rebacked in vellum, covers soiled and without metal fittings [ISTC ib00593000; BMC III 695; Goff B593; GW 4270], folio (305 x 215mm.), [Freiburg im Breisgau, Kilianus Piscator (Fischer), c.1493-94] or [Basel, Johann Amerbach, c.1494-95]

Footnotes

The identity of the printer of this Bible, only one copy of which has been traced at auction, has been the subject of some disagreement. It was traditionally ascribed to Amerbach at Basel, but BMC examined the different types used and attributed it to Freiburg's first printer, Kilianus Fischer, who is known to have relocated to Basel by 1497.

Provenance: Raitenhaslach Abbey (Cistercian abbey, near Burghausen, Germany), ownership inscription in lower margin of a2; Leonard Lindsay, bookplate; Buckfast Abbey.

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