BIBLE IN WHITE RUSSIAN Fragment consisting of 2 bifolia wit

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(BIBLE IN WHITE RUSSIAN.) Fragment from the White Russian Bible translated and printed by Franciscus Skorina, consisting of 2 bifolia with leaves 19-22 from 1 Kings. Woodcut decorated initials. 22 lines. Small 4to, paper toned and lightly soiled, fore edges silked. [Prague, 1518]

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The earliest Russian translation of the Bible, done into White Russian dialect by Franciscus Skorina from the Vulgate and the Slavonic version of the Septuagint. "His intention clearly was to translate the whole Bible, and he may have succeeded in doing so, but portions only of his version have survived to the present day" (Darlow & Moule). Darlow & Moule 7778.