Biblia Sacra - sought-after bejewelled edition (1583) !
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Biblia Sacra (1583) A SOUGHT-AFTER AND BEJEWELLED COPY OF BIBLIA SACRA FROM 1583! WITH NUMEROUS FIGURAL AND FLORAL DECORATED INITIALS, VIGNETTES AND EXTRAORDINARY DETAILED ENGRAVINGS BY THE FLEMISH ENGRAVER CRISPIN VAN DEN BROECK!!! Title: Biblia Sacra. Quid in hac editione a theologis Lovaniensibus praestitum sit, eorum praefatio indicat. Place of Printing / Printer / Year: Antwerpen, Christoph Plantin, 1583 Format: 2° (17 in. x 12 in.) Collation: 716 (out of 719) lvs. [10] lvs., a8-z8, Aa8-Zz8, AA8-NN8, A8-P8, 117 pp. (the leaves a2, e8 and f1 are lacking) Binding / Condition: Contemporary vellum binding on wooden boards and on six raised bands (five of them are brass). All edges red. On the front cover two brass catches (without the clasps). The wooden part of the beneath cover is broken in the middle. The binding has an several parts minor defects and traces of restoration. In the area of the hinges and of the bands the vellum is cracked and partially already peeled off. In the first third of the volume the paper shows some traces of usage. Partially, the leaves were renovated (with some text losses of the printed side remarks). They are slightly browned, foxed and have some stains. Despite the mentioned damages this is a richly illustrated and rare edition of the Holy Book! Price references: A similar copy of the Biblia Sacra
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