1525 Biblia Magna
1525 Biblia Magna. Biblia Cum Concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti et sacrorum canonum: necnon et additionibus in marginalibus varietatis diversorum textuum: ac etiam canonibus antiquis quattuor Evangeliorum. Novissime autem addite sunt concordantie ex viginti libris Josephi de antiquitatibus et bello iudaico excerpte. Que solerti cura nuperrime repurgata est et excusa: ubi pluribus scatebarmendis. Venundatur Lugdumiin edibus Iacobi Mareschalals Roland Calcotypi & Bibliopole prope Nostredame de confort.
From the colophon:
Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti.... Impressa autem Lugduni: per. M. Jacobum Mareschal. Feliciter explicit. Anno nostre salutis 1525. Die ver.3. March.
Folio in full early vellum. Five raised bands and brown leather title label with gold text on spine. Approximately 3 inch split at top of front joint/hinge, and 1 inch split at bottom of front joint/hinge. Small lacuna in vellum of front board. A few scuffs on rear. Scattered spattered stains of both boards. Boards splaying. Early writing in ink on top, fore, and bottom edges (barely visible at bottom) of text block. Red speckled page edges. Thumbed at fore-edge. Ffep and title with a bit ragged fore-edges. Library stamp on title, first few pages of prelims, and folio 99. Annotations, marginalia, and underlining in an early hand throughout. Damp stain involving most of the Old Testament. Temoin at folio 50. Title and Eusebian canons in red and black. Set in two columns. Black letter. Margins ruled in black. Decorative capitals. Engraving on verso of 227. Engraving on verso of bb6. Vignette on folio 141. Numerous small illustrations throughout. No loose pages. Binding tight.
Ffep aa-bb6, a6, b-q8, r-s6, A-R8, S10, Z10, AA-BB8, CC9 (lacks final blank). Typographic errors: Fol 144 as 154, fol 145 as 155, fol 156 as 146, fol 142 as 127, fol 147 as 132.
A beautiful Vulgate Bible including the Eusebian Canons and Interpretation of Hebrew Names. Not in Darlow and Moule, but see USTC No. 145673 (fourteen institutional copies). The title page of this Bible can be found reproduced (plate 57) in Strachan’s Early Bible Illustrations (Cambridge University Press, 1957).
