(EARLY PRINTED LEAVES) Group of 13 leaves from a paper copy

Sale 1990 - Lot 324

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LEAVES FROM THE 48-LINE BIBLE (EARLY PRINTED LEAVES.) Group of 13 leaves from a paper copy of the 1462 Latin Bible printed by Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer. Gothic type, double columns. Attractively rubricated. Folio, 402x300 mm; occasional minor marginal soiling and dampstains. Mainz, 1462

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From the fourth edition of the Vulgate, printed by Gutenberg's successors. This group comprises Genesis 35-36 (with stain across lower margin); Leviticus 16-18; Deuteronomy 1-2, 16-21, and 29-31, on 4 leaves; Joshua 2-4; 2 Samuel 3-8, on 2 leaves; 2 Kings 23-24; 1 Chronicles 23-26; Judges 26-Ruth 1; and Esther 2-4.