TWO LEAVES FROM THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED LATIN BIBLE

BIBLIA LATINA -

Biblia Latina - Two leaves from Koberger's 1485-Bible.

Nuremberg, Koberger, 1485.

Folio (305 x 220 mm). Two leaves, 73 lines in two columns. Rubricated with 6 small red initials. Underlinings and four short marginal annotations in contemporary hand. Outer margin chipped and slightly browned, but overall clean and fresh.

Two leaves, both from Exodus, from Koberger's celebrated 1485 Latin bible, constituting the first illustrated Latin bible. This monumental edition of the Bible had extensive comments by the French Nicolaus de Lyra (1270-1349), one of the most influential medieval interpreters of the Bible.

Order-nr.: 63281