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(BIBLE IN LATIN.) Biblia Sacrosancta Testamenti Veteris & Novi,juxta Vulgata quam dicunt aeditionem. 98 woodcut illustrations, including 86 from the series by Hans Holbein. [8], 601, [31] (of [35]) pages; index lacks R3.6. Folio, 333x243 mm, 318x231 mm, old vellum boards, worn, top and bottom of front joint restored, covers slightly warped, corners worn through; marginal and soiling dampstaining through much of volume, occasional browning, some text scored and partly oxidized with resulting holes (see below), 2 wormholes through opening leaves slightly affecting text, old partly scored inscriptions on title, lower outer corner off a1 causing slight text loss, adhesive traces and stain over woodcut on verso depicting the Fall of Man, clean tear in gutter of r5, 19th-century owner's notes on front free endpaper, rear endpaper lacking. Lyon: (Jean & François Frellon for) Hugues & heirs of Aymon de La Porte, 1544
Second Latin Bible from this press to include the Holbein illustrations; the first was printed in 1538. The text follows the Vulgate edited with notes by Robert Estienne, which was proscribed by the theological faculties of Louvain and Paris and placed on the first papal Index.censored copy, with scattered chapter summaries and sidenotes scored, and an inscription on A4v by the notary Baldassare Zamparrone attesting to the changes made on behalf of the Inquisition, signed by him and the censor Salvatore Mangiavacca, dated Palermo, 30 April 1555. Harvard/Mortimer-French 72.
