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BIBLE -- Biblia Latina (cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering). Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1497.
Part III only (of 4). Median 2° (340 x 232mm). Collation: A-Z AA-PP8 QQ6 RR8. 317 leaves (of 318, lacks first leaf). 71 lines and headline, double column. Two full-page woodcut illustrations and several small woodcuts in the text. 3-line initials in red and blue, capital strokes and underlining in red. (A8 loose, some leaves dampstained, mostly marginal, rather browned.) Contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, 2 brass fore-edge catches (without clasps), title stamped in gold on front cover, (worn); a Nuremberg binding from a shop associated with Koberger. Stamps include Kyriss 112, stamps 1, 2 and roll 4, and Schwenke-Sammlung Rautenplatten 9 (also K112, and =Koberger 42, in M. Rozsondai, "Über die 'Koberger-Einbände'", Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1974, pp.311-24), designated by Schunke the Schedel-Meister. Provenance: manuscript gloss in lower margin of some leaves.
Includes text of Elias to Maccabees. HC *3171; GW 4294; BMC II 443 (IB. 7535); Goff B-619; Pellechet 2350; IDL 861; IGI 1692.
Part III only (of 4). Median 2° (340 x 232mm). Collation: A-Z AA-PP8 QQ6 RR8. 317 leaves (of 318, lacks first leaf). 71 lines and headline, double column. Two full-page woodcut illustrations and several small woodcuts in the text. 3-line initials in red and blue, capital strokes and underlining in red. (A8 loose, some leaves dampstained, mostly marginal, rather browned.) Contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, 2 brass fore-edge catches (without clasps), title stamped in gold on front cover, (worn); a Nuremberg binding from a shop associated with Koberger. Stamps include Kyriss 112, stamps 1, 2 and roll 4, and Schwenke-Sammlung Rautenplatten 9 (also K112, and =Koberger 42, in M. Rozsondai, "Über die 'Koberger-Einbände'", Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1974, pp.311-24), designated by Schunke the Schedel-Meister. Provenance: manuscript gloss in lower margin of some leaves.
Includes text of Elias to Maccabees. HC *3171; GW 4294; BMC II 443 (IB. 7535); Goff B-619; Pellechet 2350; IDL 861; IGI 1692.