(Religion, Bible) - Catholische Bibell [...] [- Das New [sic] Testament [...]]. Zu COln, Gerwinum Calenium und die Erben Johan Quentels, 1592. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-f° (text n.c., title-page underlaid, some spotting and browning, some lvs repaired or...
Estimation :
400 / 500
Adjudication :
450 €
Description
reinforced). Contemporary binding : pigskin on wooden boards, boards decorated with several blind tooled roll-stamps, ribbed spine in deerskin fixed with brass strips, brass clasps (central medallion lacking, some parts restored). Roman Catholic Bible translation (1st ed. : 1534), but with the Epistles and the Apocalypse in Luther's version, by the Dominican friar Johann Dietenberger (c. 1475- 1537). Illustrated with more than 100 woodcuts, mostly signed Virgil Solis, within ornamental frames. Text in Gothic type on two columns, titles in woodcut borders with coats of arms and scenes of the Old and the New Testament. # Darlow & Moule II-421 1 ; # VD16 B-2816; # USTC 620677; # Soltész B-498; # not in Renier (ed. of 1572) nor in Adams. ▲ Provenance : Clemens Reitmayer, Brüssel (ex-libris). ^ Traduction par le dominicain Dietenberger, abondamment illustrée de bois in texto, la plupart signés Virgile Solis. Plein peau de truie de l'ép. (texte n.c., défauts, rel. part. restaurée, médaillon manquant).
