[BIBLE].
Biblia integra: summata: distincta: accuratius reeme(n)data: utriusq(ue) testamenti cõcordantijs illustrata.
Basel: Johann Froben, 27 October 1495. - Fort in-8, 155 x 108: (508 ff. the 469th white) [sig. AA8 BB4 a-y8 A-Z8 Aa-Mm8 A-E8]; car. goth. two col. of 54 lines. Brown calf on wooden ais, on the covers a rare plaque depicting Christ (100 x 60 mm), spine ribbed and decorated with cold fillets, chased brass clasps, smooth edges with about 50 bookmarks on parchment protruding from the gutter (contemporary binding), in a fillet frame and cold cast.

BMC, III, 793. - Pellechet, 2335. - Hain, *3118. - Delaveau-Hillard, Bibles printed from the 15th to the 18th century, no. 752.

beautiful relatively rare bible incunabulum printed in small gothic characters by Johann Froben

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It follows the edition that Froben gave in 1491, increased at the top of the alphabetical table of the Venetian Franciscan father Gabriello Bruno (14..-1508), which he first published in Venice in 1492. The Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum at the end is printed in three columns.

The edition is illustrated with a woodcut on the back of folio BB4, depicting St. Jerome, which was not included in the 1491 edition. Beneath the engraving is a set of four discs.

A precious complete copy, rubbed in red and blue, preserved in an extremely rare plate binding of the period. It also contains about fifty parchment bookmarks of the period, bearing handwritten notes and protruding from the gutter.

Plate bindings from this period are extremely rare on the market. This one depicts an identical subject on both plates, what appears to be an ecce homo in which Christ is seen with his arms folded, accompanied in the background by the cross and the instruments of the passion.

We have not found any other bindings with this plate and its origin is uncertain. Gumuchian's catalogue XII, dedicated to Beautiful Bookbindings, describes under n
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[BIBLE]. Biblia integra: summata: distincta: accuratius reeme(n)data: utriusq(ue) testamenti cõcordantijs illustrata. Basel: Johann Froben, 27 October 1495. - Fort in-8, 155 x 108: (508 ff. the 469th white) [sig. AA8 BB4 a-y8 A-Z8 Aa-Mm8 A-E8]; car. goth. two col. of 54 lines. Brown calf on wooden ais, on the covers a rare plaque depicting Christ (100 x 60 mm), spine ribbed and decorated with cold fillets, chased brass clasps, smooth edges with about 50 bookmarks on parchment protruding from the gutter (contemporary binding), in a fillet frame and cold cast. BMC, III, 793. - Pellechet, 2335. - Hain, *3118. - Delaveau-Hillard, Bibles printed from the 15th to the 18th century, no. 752. beautiful relatively rare bible incunabulum printed in small gothic characters by Johann Froben . It follows the edition that Froben gave in 1491, increased at the top of the alphabetical table of the Venetian Franciscan father Gabriello Bruno (14..-1508), which he first published in Venice in 1492. The Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum at the end is printed in three columns. The edition is illustrated with a woodcut on the back of folio BB4, depicting St. Jerome, which was not included in the 1491 edition. Beneath the engraving is a set of four discs. A precious complete copy, rubbed in red and blue, preserved in an extremely rare plate binding of the period. It also contains about fifty parchment bookmarks of the period, bearing handwritten notes and protruding from the gutter. Plate bindings from this period are extremely rare on the market. This one depicts an identical subject on both plates, what appears to be an ecce homo in which Christ is seen with his arms folded, accompanied in the background by the cross and the instruments of the passion. We have not found any other bindings with this plate and its origin is uncertain. Gumuchian's catalogue XII, dedicated to Beautiful Bookbindings, describes under n

Estimate
€3,000 - €4,000
Result
€10,625
Buyer's premium
25%
[BIBLE]. Biblia integra: summata: distincta: accuratius reeme(n)data: utriusq(ue) testamenti cõcordantijs illustrata. Basel: Johann Froben, 27 October 1495. - Fort in-8, 155 x 108: (508 ff. the 469th white) [sig. AA8 BB4 a-y8 A-Z8 Aa-Mm8 A-E8]; car. goth. two col. of 54 lines. Brown calf on wooden ais, on the covers a rare plaque depicting Christ (100 x 60 mm), spine ribbed and decorated with cold fillets, chased brass clasps, smooth edges with about 50 bookmarks on parchment protruding from the gutter (contemporary binding), in a fillet frame and cold cast. BMC, III, 793. - Pellechet, 2335. - Hain, *3118. - Delaveau-Hillard, Bibles printed from the 15th to the 18th century, no. 752. beautiful relatively rare bible incunabulum printed in small gothic characters by Johann Froben . It follows the edition that Froben gave in 1491, increased at the top of the alphabetical table of the Venetian Franciscan father Gabriello Bruno (14..-1508), which he first published in Venice in 1492. The Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum at the end is printed in three columns. The edition is illustrated with a woodcut on the back of folio BB4, depicting St. Jerome, which was not included in the 1491 edition. Beneath the engraving is a set of four discs. A precious complete copy, rubbed in red and blue, preserved in an extremely rare plate binding of the period. It also contains about fifty parchment bookmarks of the period, bearing handwritten notes and protruding from the gutter. Plate bindings from this period are extremely rare on the market. This one depicts an identical subject on both plates, what appears to be an ecce homo in which Christ is seen with his arms folded, accompanied in the background by the cross and the instruments of the passion. We have not found any other bindings with this plate and its origin is uncertain. Gumuchian's catalogue XII, dedicated to Beautiful Bookbindings, describes under n
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