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BIBLIA LATINA (cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S.Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering). Edited by Paulus a Mercatello - NICOLAUS DE LYRA. Contra perfidiam Judaeorum . Venice: [Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt, for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson et Socii, 31 July 1481.] Volume 3 (of 4) only, Isaiah-Maccabees super-chancery 2° (314 x 218mm). Collation: AA-GG 10 HH 12 II-MM 10 NN 12 OO 8 PP-XX 10 AAA-BBB 8 CCC 12 DDD-EEE 10 FFF-HHH 8 III 10 Aa-Dd 10 (without final blank leaf Dd10). With Nicholaus de Lyra's Contra perfidiam Judaeorum bound at the front. 66 lines of commentary with headline, double column. Each book opening with initial in red or blue with contrasting penwork decoration with green highlights, 2- to 3- line initials alternating red and blue, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red, MS guide-letters. Type: 4:93G mixed with 3:93G, 5:150G, 6:74G, 7:78G. (Very light marginal dampstaining in first and final two quires.) Contemporary blindstamped vellum over wooden boards, 2 brass fore-edge clasps (rebacked at an early date, later index tabs replacing original ones). Provenance : Dülmen, "Castrimarie" Carthusians -- Munich, Cathedral church, gift inscription by Johannes Biscopinck (early inscriptions). First Edition of the Vulgate to be published together with the Postills of Nicolaus of Lyra. HC*3164; GW 4286; BMC V 301; Goff B-611.