, Latin. Biblia latina (with the commentary of Nicholas of Lyra and others), vol. I only (of 4, Genesis - Chronicles), 424 ff., double column, 72 lines of commentary surrounding text, 4 large initials supplied in red amd/or blue, 2 on gold ground with coloured borders, smaller initials in red, a few in blue, throughout, Aa2 - Ai2 fully rubricated, woodcut illustrations, lower corner of first 3 ff. defective & restored, few other corners or margins with small tears, little worming to first few ff, slightly affecting text, staining to first and last few ff, marking and spotting elsewhere, note at head of second f. heavily crossed out, ownership entry 'Ex libris H. Stephan (?)' at head of title, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, covers decorated in blind with concentric rolls and central ornament, brass clasps and corner-pieces, rubbed and marked, pigskin on upper cover cracked and repaired, holes in top compartment of spine, repaired with vellum, new endpapers, [BMC II 436; Goff B618; Hain 3170] folio, [Nuremberg, Anton Koberger 1493,
, Latin. Biblia latina (with the commentary of Nicholas of Lyra and others), vol. I only (of 4, Genesis - Chronicles), 424 ff., double column, 72 lines of commentary surrounding text, 4 large initials supplied in red amd/or blue, 2 on gold ground with coloured borders, smaller initials in red, a few in blue, throughout, Aa2 - Ai2 fully rubricated, woodcut illustrations, lower corner of first 3 ff. defective & restored, few other corners or margins with small tears, little worming to first few ff, slightly affecting text, staining to first and last few ff, marking and spotting elsewhere, note at head of second f. heavily crossed out, ownership entry 'Ex libris H. Stephan (?)' at head of title, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, covers decorated in blind with concentric rolls and central ornament, brass clasps and corner-pieces, rubbed and marked, pigskin on upper cover cracked and repaired, holes in top compartment of spine, repaired with vellum, new endpapers, [BMC II 436; Goff B618; Hain 3170] folio, [Nuremberg, Anton Koberger 1493,
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