Bible; Latin; Estienne printing
Biblia
£630
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
R. Stephanus Lectoris. En tibi Biblioru[m] vulgata editio, in qua juxta Hebraicorum versuum rationem singula capita versibus distincta sunt, numeris praefixis, qui versuum numeris quos in Concordantiis nostris novis et integris, post literas marginales A B C D E F G addidimus, respondent: ut quaerendi molestia leveris, quum tibi tanquam digito, quod quaris demonstrabunt. [Geneva]: Roberti Stephani [colophon: ‘excudebat Roberto Stephano Conradus Badius], 1555. 8vo (18 x 11cm), contemporary calf over reverse-bevelled wooden boards, covers decoratively tooled in blind with foliate roll, medallion profile portraits, acorns and fleurons, retaining medial blank 2p8, loss of leather to spine-ends and edges of boards, retaining brass catches but lacking clasps, intermittent damp-staining to lower margins, quire 2lz (ff. 257-264) misbound but all leaves present [Adams B1051; Darlow & Moule II 6135; Renouard 86:1]
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire. Ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title-page and small manuscript shelfmark label ‘D2.9’ pasted to foot of spine.
Footnote
Robert Estienne's third octavo edition, 'generally considered to be the earliest Latin Bible to exhibit R. Stephanus' division of the text into numbered verses' (Darlow & Moule).