Herbort johannes printer (1 Ergebnisse)

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Third Edition. [408] leaves. Quarto in 19th century dark red calf on 5 bands with blind-stamped diamond-shaped cover fillets, 4 small gold-stamped ornamental borders on each cover, double gold-stamped cover fillets with corner fleurons, ornamental edge gilding, inner edge gilding. Leaf a with a large 14-line initial "F" in red and blue with floral interior decoration and trailing flourishes down the entire page. Many additional red and blue intials throughout, many of which are quite decorative. Rubricated throughout. Handwritten title and printing information on a1v, done in 1739 (the author's name and date are there, as well). With Signatures: a-b8 c  d-g8 'hi'  k-t8 v  A-N8 O6 P-Z8 ZZ  aa-dd8 x-y8 z Leaf a1v contains a poem listing the order of the books, a1r is blank.Imprint from colophon on leaf 2Z11v. In double columns, 56 lines per page. Without catchwords. Printed running titles and marginal concordances for the Gospels, two leaves in Ezekiel erroneously printed as Jeremiah, corrected by hand at some point. The Psalterium (sigs x-z) bound at the end. In very good condition, solid and attractive. The binding is a little sunned at the top front and the spine. Renewed very handsomely marbled end papers. The title page has numerous ownership notations and is a bit grubby, small worming on the first few leaves.There is a bit of damp staining, mostly in the Psalterium, small marginal old repairs in a number of leaves, the first leaf of the index has an ink stain, there are a number of small stains here and there, mostly in the margins, some occasional light browning, and some occasional marginalia. Still a very good copy and largely clean.The third edition from Herbort (his first in 1481), this one printed in the year he died. The New Testament throughout with printed marginal concordances. At the end there is an index to provide orientation as well as a detailed index of the Hebrew names. Saint Jerome's bible was a revolutionary translation into Latin made directly from now-lost ancient Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts, along with Greek sources, done between 382-405. ISTC ib00580000A very attractive copy of this important incunable Bible, with lovely initials throughout.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 816 pages.…