May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(BIBLE IN LATIN.) Biblia. [9] (of [10]), 2-388; 94; 37, [1]; 57, [1] leaves, including blank 2e6; lacks *10 (preface to the Pentateuch, replaced with a leaf from another edition) and a1 (first leaf of Genesis, replaced in skillful pen-and-ink facsimile on laid paper). 4 parts in one volume, ruled in red throughout. Folio, 374x258 mm, old calf, heavily worn, spine darkened, missing bottom 3 compartments, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional marginal soiling and minor stains, some headlines shaved, verso of title reinforced in lower margin slightly affecting last line of text, last few index leaves and rear endpapers dampstained, front free endpaper lacking, old armorial bookplate with name excised on front pastedown. Paris: Robertus Stephanus, (6 November) 1532

Additional Details

Second edition of the 1528 Estienne Bible. Adams B1011; Darlow & Moule 6112.