Biblia latina.

Accession number:

PML 76743-44

Uniform title:

Bible. Latin. 1468.

Published:

[Basel] : [Berthold Ruppel], [about 1468]

Description:

[536] leaves ; 39 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1980.

Notes:

Title and imprint from ISTC.
Printed in Ruppel's type 1:118G.
Collation: [pi⁴ (rubrics); 1-11¹⁰; 12-13⁸ 14-18¹⁰ 19-20¹² 21-26¹⁰ 27¹²; 28-31¹⁰ 32-33¹² 34-44¹⁰ 45-47⁸ 48-52¹⁰ 53-54⁸]: 540 leaves. Variant collation in GW without rubrication guide ([pi]⁴).
Paper format: Royal folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 37 x 28 cm.

Binding:

20th-century German full pigskin over heavy boards (39 x 29 cm), sewn on 4 supports, by Gerhard Gerlach. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; plain, stuck-on endbands.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes; headlines in red or black throughout. Annotations: Significant contemporary marginal notations throughout, including reading notes and commentary. Manuscript alpha-numeric quire signatures. Reader's note at end (leaf [54]/8r): "Finit liber Apocalipsis beati Johannis apostoli. Oinis(?). 1505.", in what looks like the same hand as many of the marginal notations. 2 leaves bound at end of vol. II with a manuscript Interpretation of Hebrew Names on the first leaf.

Provenance:

Ittingen (Switzerland), Carthusians, inscription: "Cartusiae in Ittingen" (leaf [1]/1r); General Theological Seminary Library, New York, bookplate (front pastedowns) and embossed stamp (leaf [1]/1r), sale, Christie's NY, 1 Oct. 1980, lot 5; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased 1 Oct. 1980.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Pigskin bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books