Description
Bible, Latin. Biblia latina, collation: AA8 BB4 a-y A-Z Aa-Mm A-E8, double column, 456 ff. (of 508, lacking AA8 BB4 and final A-E8), 54 lines and headline, Gothic type, initials alternately in red and blue, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red, occasional early ink marginalia, occasional staining or spotting, lightly browned, 18th century calf-back boards, joints split, head of spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, housed in a modern buckram, drop-back box, [BMC III, 791 (incomplete); Goff B-598; HC 3118; D&M 6068], 8vo (154 x 101mm.), [Basel], [Johann Froben], [27 October, 1495].
⁂ The second edition of the first 8vo bible, commonly know as the 'Poor Man's Bible', as its size made it more accessible to lay readers and travelling clerics. Philipp Melancthon was given a copy by his patron and great-uncle Johan Reuchlin.
Description
Bible, Latin. Biblia latina, collation: AA8 BB4 a-y A-Z Aa-Mm A-E8, double column, 456 ff. (of 508, lacking AA8 BB4 and final A-E8), 54 lines and headline, Gothic type, initials alternately in red and blue, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red, occasional early ink marginalia, occasional staining or spotting, lightly browned, 18th century calf-back boards, joints split, head of spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, housed in a modern buckram, drop-back box, [BMC III, 791 (incomplete); Goff B-598; HC 3118; D&M 6068], 8vo (154 x 101mm.), [Basel], [Johann Froben], [27 October, 1495].
⁂ The second edition of the first 8vo bible, commonly know as the 'Poor Man's Bible', as its size made it more accessible to lay readers and travelling clerics. Philipp Melancthon was given a copy by his patron and great-uncle Johan Reuchlin.