Beschreibung:

Latin Biblia Sacra, 3 vol. in 2, double column, woodcut printer's device to 2 titles and verso of otherwise blank f., m4, i6 and c10 blank, woodcut decorated initials, some water-staining, 18th century mottled calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Adams B1042], folio, Lyons, Sebastian Gryphius, 1550. *** "Edition magnifique, imprimée en très grands caractères, et dont la merveilleuse exécution typographique ne sera peut-être jamais dépassée" (Charles Nodier, Bibliotheque Sacree Grecque-Latine, Paris, 1826). A good copy of this sixteenth century rarity with ample margins. We have been able to trace only 2 other copies at auction since 1980.