Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(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, 396x260 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches, lacking clasps, spine chipped at top, cloth shelf label in bottom compartment, front joint cracked, cords intact, partial crack across pigskin on rear cover, small wormholes through covers and front and back of contents generally not impairing legibility; contents toned with occasional soiling, top portion of front pastedown inked over, early owner's notes on front free endpaper recording variations from the Vulgate text in the Luther translation, Bamberg Franciscan ownership inscription and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title, accession number on next leaf. Darlow & Moule 6141. Paris: (Benoît Prevost for) heirs of Charlotte Guillard, 1558