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(BIBLE LEAVES.) Group of 17 leaves, comprising 16 from 15th-century printed Bibles in German, Low German, and Latin,and one from the true 1613 folio edition of the King James Bible. Folio, varying dimensions; Zainer leaf toned and foxed with some wear along edges, occasional marginal soiling on the others. Vp, 1470s-1480s; London, 1613
1. Bible in German. Augsburg: Günther Zainer, circa 1475-76. John 5:21-6:61.
2. Bible in Low German. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, circa 1478. GW 4307. Isaiah 63:9-66:12.
3. Bible in Low German. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, circa 1478. GW 4308. 3 disjunct leaves, 2 of them with woodcut illustration. Numbers 26:51-28:26; Psalms 18:40-23:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:18-2 Thessalonians 3:17.
4. Bible in Latin. Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1479. 2 disjunct leaves and one bifolium. Ecclesiasticus 51:11-Isaiah 1:29; 1 Maccabees 6:50-8:22 and 11:13-12:31; 1 Corinthians 7:27-11:22.
5. Bible in German. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1480. Ecclesiasticus 20:5-22:19.
6. Bible in Latin with Glossa Ordinaria. Strassburg: Adolf Rusch, not after 1480. 2 disjunct leaves. 1 Chronicles 7:18-9:12 and 16:37-18:8.
7. Bible in German. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1483. 2 disjunct leaves. Deuteronomy 27:14-28:57; 1 Samuel 20:3-21:15.
8. Bible in Latin with Glossa Ordinaria and Postilla of Nicolaus de Lyra. Venice : [Bonetus Locatellus for] Octavianus Scotus, 8 August 1489. 2 disunct leaves. Prologues to Job; Psalms 137:3-138:24.
9. Bible in English. London: Robert Barker, 1613. Obadiah 1:14-Micah 1:5.
