BIBLIA LATINA. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 14 April 1478. Royal 2° (396 x 265mm). Collation: [1 1 2 2-22 1 0 23-24 6 25-36 1 0 37-38 8 39-41 1 0 42-43 8 44-48 1 0 49 6 ] (1/1r blank, 1/1v contents, 1/2r Genesis-Psalms, 25/1r Proverbs-Maccabees, 39/1r Gospels, 44/1r Pauline Epistles, Acts, Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse, 48/10v colophon, 49/1r treatise of Menardus, canon tables). 462 (of 468, lacking the final quire) leaves. 51 lines and headline, double column, canon marginalia in the Gospels. Type: 3:110G (text), 4:160G (headline, chapter incipits). 3-13-line initials in red, red paragraph marks. (Lower margin of 37/1, 40/10 and 47/2 torn away, replaced on 37/1 and 40/10, small tear at inner margin of 41/10 affecting 3 letters of canon marginalia.) 17th-century roll-tooled vellum over pastepaper boards, fore-edge ties. Provenance : early marginal annotations; James Elwin Millard, bookplate. HC *3068; GW 4232; BMC II, 415 (IC. 7168); Goff B-557; Pellechet 2296; IDL 826; IGI 1655; BSB B-429
BIBLIA LATINA. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 14 April 1478. Royal 2° (396 x 265mm). Collation: [1 1 2 2-22 1 0 23-24 6 25-36 1 0 37-38 8 39-41 1 0 42-43 8 44-48 1 0 49 6 ] (1/1r blank, 1/1v contents, 1/2r Genesis-Psalms, 25/1r Proverbs-Maccabees, 39/1r Gospels, 44/1r Pauline Epistles, Acts, Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse, 48/10v colophon, 49/1r treatise of Menardus, canon tables). 462 (of 468, lacking the final quire) leaves. 51 lines and headline, double column, canon marginalia in the Gospels. Type: 3:110G (text), 4:160G (headline, chapter incipits). 3-13-line initials in red, red paragraph marks. (Lower margin of 37/1, 40/10 and 47/2 torn away, replaced on 37/1 and 40/10, small tear at inner margin of 41/10 affecting 3 letters of canon marginalia.) 17th-century roll-tooled vellum over pastepaper boards, fore-edge ties. Provenance : early marginal annotations; James Elwin Millard, bookplate. HC *3068; GW 4232; BMC II, 415 (IC. 7168); Goff B-557; Pellechet 2296; IDL 826; IGI 1655; BSB B-429
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