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LOT 9:
1522 BIBLE IN LATIN POST-INCUNABULA ANTIQUE PIGSKIN BINDING 16TH CENTURY RARE
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1522 BIBLE IN LATIN POST-INCUNABULA ANTIQUE PIGSKIN BINDING 16TH CENTURY RARE
[LATIN BIBLE]
OLD TESTAMENT
Testamenti veteris volumen posterius, coplectens Solomonis libros & prophetarum: quoru Elenchum proxima pagella indicabit.
Basileae, Ex Aedibus Andreae Cratandri; 1522.
Size 4 3/4 by 7"
Original hand tooled pigskin over wooden boards , ribbed spine decorated with blind stamping,
traces of old metal clasps
Some marginal period annotations in black or red
474 leaves (aaa6 - bbb8 to NNn8 - OOo6)
Good condition, some wear
Title with a beautiful frame, the same one that can be found in the work "Vetus testament omne, advetustissimoni emedatissumorucq codicum..."
With mark of the printer Andre Cratander on the colophon, after a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger and engraved by Jacob Faber in 1522.
The phrase in Greek specifies the meaning of the motto Occasio: "In all things, it is better to seize the right moment".
Andreas Cratander, real name Andreas Hartmann (1490- circa 1540) was a Swiss printer, publisher and bookseller.
Text in Latin
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