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2350 | Rare Bibles, Books, & Manuscripts

Sun, Dec 3, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 38

ANTIQUE PIGSKIN BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOST AMMAN AND VIRGIL SOLIS, 1585

Estimate: $3,937.50 - $4,500

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$75,000 $5,000

Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Binding: Vellum
Description: The Bible Sacra: In ideal circumstances, Veteris and Vulgatae Translationis parique fide castigata, summa diligentia exemplaria. Nominum interpretee cum Hebraicorum, Caldaeorum & Graecorum. Accesserunt copiosissimi Indices. Furthermore: Nouo Jesu Christi Testamento & Omnes, cum Libris machabaerum. Old and New Testaments, Parts I and II in one book, Frankfurt am Main, Peter Fabricius für S. Heinrich Tack and Peter Fischer, Feierabend, 1585, 7 lvs. 423 pages, 310 numbered leaves, a concluding vignette, one leaf with a woodcut title, and 196 text woodcuts by Virgil Solis and Jost Amman. This rare edition of Jost Amman's Octave Picture Bible, first published in 1571, measures 5.5 by 7.5" (18x11.5 cm) and has a blind-tooled pigskin binding over hardwood boards with portraits of Luther and Melanchthon. The title is handwritten and overlined. reinforced inner joint on the front, some discoloration, and toning. featuring a bookplate and handwritten ownership comments on the front pastedown.

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