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Strasbourg: [Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger,] 26 April 1497.
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BIBLE, in Latin
Strasbourg: [Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger,] 26 April 1497.
Bible from the press of the prolific Strasbourg printer Johann Reinhard Grüninger, extensively annotated in Latin by a 17th-century English hand. The woodcut on the title depicts Saint Jerome—both in his study and praying at the foot of the cross. HC 3122*; BMC I 111; BSB-Ink B-476; GW 4277; Bod-inc B-308; Goff B-600; ISTC ib00600000.
Chancery folio (278 x 200mm). 471 leaves (of 492, lacking the blank Z6 and 20 leaves of Interpretationes). Woodcut of Saint Jerome on title (title and last leaf lightly soiled, minor worming at beginning and end, some faint dampstaining, two tears into text in I1, the last leaf shorter at fore-edge, a few headlines and annotations just trimmed). 17th-century black morocco panelled in gilt (joints splitting, minor worming and chip to spine). Provenance: 'James [?]Hyet’ (inscription on title) – ‘Laurentius Langley 1609’ (possibly Laurence Langley who matriculated at Brasenose, Oxford in 1588; inscription on title woodcut, numerous annotations throughout) – George Kenyon of Peel, Esqr (18th-century bookplate).
Strasbourg: [Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger,] 26 April 1497.
Bible from the press of the prolific Strasbourg printer Johann Reinhard Grüninger, extensively annotated in Latin by a 17th-century English hand. The woodcut on the title depicts Saint Jerome—both in his study and praying at the foot of the cross. HC 3122*; BMC I 111; BSB-Ink B-476; GW 4277; Bod-inc B-308; Goff B-600; ISTC ib00600000.
Chancery folio (278 x 200mm). 471 leaves (of 492, lacking the blank Z6 and 20 leaves of Interpretationes). Woodcut of Saint Jerome on title (title and last leaf lightly soiled, minor worming at beginning and end, some faint dampstaining, two tears into text in I1, the last leaf shorter at fore-edge, a few headlines and annotations just trimmed). 17th-century black morocco panelled in gilt (joints splitting, minor worming and chip to spine). Provenance: 'James [?]Hyet’ (inscription on title) – ‘Laurentius Langley 1609’ (possibly Laurence Langley who matriculated at Brasenose, Oxford in 1588; inscription on title woodcut, numerous annotations throughout) – George Kenyon of Peel, Esqr (18th-century bookplate).
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