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Title: BIBLIA SACRA - 3 Volume Set, Holy Bible
Author:
Biblia Sacra [Holy Bible]
Description:
Venice, Italy:
Francisci Stephani,
1567.
VG. Modern 1/2-calf over cloth with morocco labels slightly rubbed.; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; The bible is in excellent shape although re-bound probably in the 19th century or earlier. Pages are clean, no tears nor worm holing - all parts evident. Pages are size 4 inches by 6 inches. Scroll work evident throughout plus historiations mainly at book headings, appocrypha. New Testament contained in vol. 1; Genesis to Tobias in vol. 2; rest in vol. 3. The general title at the beginning of the Old Testament is lacking and the New Testament has been bound as volume one, with a later engraved portrait of Louis xiv's confessor, Father Francois de la Chaise, facing the title page. Text slightly browned and cut close, affecting some side-notes. Includes map of the mediterranean facing page 53, vol. I; and with several woodcut vignettes to vol. 2 (subject matter including Noah's Ark, the Ark of the Covenant, Tabernacle furniture and Solomon. Occasional misprinted pagination (for example p. 113 as 131 in vol. I)
Hardcover.
Item # 5721
$2,500.00
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