Incunable. Biblia Latina. Genèse à Esther. Nicolaus de Lyra – 1481. Goff B-611

Référence : Goff B 611, HC 3164, GW 4286, BMC V301

Taille : 31 x 24 cm (12.25 in x 9.50 in).

A famous Incunabula Bible: Biblia Latina with the Postilla of Nicolaus de Lyra, Additiones of Paulus de Sancta Maria, bishop of Burgo, the Replicationes of Matthias Döring, and commentary of Gulielmus Brito on the Prologues of Jerome. Edited by Paulus a Mercatello, and with additions by Franciscus Moneliensis printed in Venice in 1481 by Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt, for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson et Socii. 

This volume contains the Old Testament up through Ester (being the first and part of the second volumes bound together).

66 lines of commentary, double column with commentary surrounding. Type: 4:93G (text), 6:74G (commentary), 5:150G (headlines).

Very small piece missing from the bottom of the first leaf (probably to remove an old signature).  Pinhole wormholes in the first leaves, insignificantly small wormhole in the right margin of about the first 100 leaves, far from the text (impossible to see in the photos).  Another tiny wormhole in about the last 30 leaves that causes some small loss to a few letters.  Trimmed upper margin the last part.  Light dampstain in a few leaves, some other minor defects, but an incredibly fresh copy printed on crisp and precious Incunable paper.

The entire Bible is rubricated in red (see the many photos).

Rare.

Full vellum binding probably from the XVI century. Speckled page edges (see the photo).

First edition of the vulgate to be published together with the postillae of Nicolaus of Lyra.

Bibliographic reference: Goff B 611,  HC 3164, GW 4286, BMC V301

Pages:  the first volume: 418 leaves forming 836 pages.  a10 b12 c-h10 i-k8 l-p10 q12 r-v10 u10 x-z10 10 10 10 12 A-B10 C4 D-N10 O12 . 

           the second volume contains: 105 leaves forming 210 pages:  P10(2+1,2) Q-S10 T6 U-Z10 aA10bB8. The P quire of this second volume has an extra leaf, probably added on (perhaps by the printer?).  I haven’t found any other examples with the add-on (see the photo).

Size: 31 cm x 24 cm  — 12.25 in x 9.50 in.

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British Library

Biblia Latina (cum postillis Nicolai de la Lyre et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis dans erga Prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli BURGENSIS replicisque Matthiae Doering). Ed: Paul a Mercatello. Avec des ajouts par Franciscus Moneliensis. Ajouter: Nicolaus de Lyra, Contra perfidiam Judaeorum