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(BIBLE IN LATIN.) Biblia Sacra Veteris & Novi Testamenti iuxta vulgatam . . . editionem. Edited by Jean Benoist. [16], 888; 235, [112] pages. Some use of Hebrew type. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 370x256 mm, 18th-century sheep-backed paste-paper boards, worn, missing portions of spine; dampstaining throughout, particularly on opening leaves, strip of paper pasted over scored inscription on title, cellophane tape repair on *6, vertical crease in 2A8. Darlow & Moule 6141. Paris: (Benoît Prevost for) heirs of Charlotte Guillard, 1558
Bound before the first leaf of Genesis is a later edition of the 1587 double-hemispheric world map by Rumold Mercator, dampstained, trimmed to border on top and sides, missing blank portion in lower left, darkened and reinforced on verso along outer edges. Shirley 157.
