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BIBLIA. Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et additionibus Pauli Burgensis - NICOLAUS DE LYRA (c.1270-1340), Quaestiones contra judaicam perfidiam . Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 1497 (I-III), 1485 (IV).
BIBLIA. Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et additionibus Pauli Burgensis - NICOLAUS DE LYRA (c.1270-1340), Quaestiones contra judaicam perfidiam . Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 1497 (I-III), 1485 (IV). 4 volumes, I-III: super-chancery (323 x 225mm); IV: chancery 2° (290 x 217mm). Collation: I: Aa-Az 8 Ba-Bz 8 Ca-Cg 8 (Aa1r title, verso blank, Aa2r text); II: Da-Dz 8 Ea-Es 8 Et 1 0 (Da1r title, Da1v text); III: A-Z 8 AA-PP 8 QQ 6 RR 8 (A1r title, A1v text, RR8 blank); IV: [1-11 1 0 12 8 13-16 1 0 17 8 18 6 19-22 1 0 23 1 2 24 1 0 25 8 26-29 1 0 30 1 2 31-37 1 0 38 8 39 6 40 8 ] (1/1 blank, 1/2 Matthew-John, 19/1 Romans-Hebrews, 31/1 Acts-Apocalypse, 39/6r colophon, 40/1r Questiones contra judaicam perfidiam , 40/2v Probatio incarnationis divine persone , 40/7-8 blank). 424 leaves; 338 leaves; 318 leaves; 386 leaves. I-III: 71 lines of commentary, double column; IV: 73 lines of commentary, double column. Types: I-III: 14:130G, 15:91G, 19:71G; IV: 7:92(83)G, 9:165G, 12:64G. 38 woodcuts. I-III: 13-line opening initial to vol. I illuminated in gold, silver, red, green and blue, opening initials to vols. II-III in gold and blue with floral decorations in upper and lower margins, 2- to 10-line initials in red, some extending into margins, red underlining; IV: opening 10-line initial in red, 2- to 7-line initials in red. (Some staining, a few tears repaired, some edges slightly frayed, occasional wormholes.) Late 16th/17th-century panelled calf tooled in blind with foliate roll-tools, brass catches and clasps, blue edges (a little rubbed, small tears at spine, volumes I and III missing one clasp); manuscript titles on spine. Provenance : Johannes Morser, Santein 1717 (inscription in each volume) -- André Himpe ( De Gulden Passer 2003, nos. 28 and 29). A composite set, uniformly bound and brought together by the early 18th century at the latest, when they were owned by Johannes Morser. Koberger's 1485 edition (vol. IV of this set) was THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED LATIN BIBLE. The fine woodcut illustrations belong properly to the accompanying Postilla of Nicolaus of Lyra, a text with an illustrated tradition in manuscript. This tradition did not immediately translate into print, since the printers of many early editions provided only blank spaces for the illustrations. Koberger had printed illustrations for his separate edition of the Postilla in 1481 and adapted them for this 1485 Bible edition. Those 1485 cuts appear again in the present 1497 edition. In turn, they strongly influenced the woodcuts in the first illustrated Bible in Italy. I-III: HC *3171; GW 4294; BMC II 443 (IB.7535); BSB-Ink B-477; Schreiber 3476; Goff B-619. IV: HC *3166; GW 4288; BMC II 427 (IB.7323); BSB-Ink B-453; Schreiber 3472; Goff B-613. (4)