farfel_n08_105_546

546
Phil Barber
Boston, Mass.
May '01
$8.50

Biblia (Latin) Sacra
Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1583 f^0
Ref: L. Veet, 690. D + M. 6173 Adams p. 129 - 1039 Brunet I. $77
Copy: BM Madrit, Bibl. Vaticana, Cambridge, Yale,
See #287 #563 #328 Univ. of CA. at L.A., Georgtown Univ. Lib.
O.T. Josha 4:10-6:26

Biblia Sacra // Quid in hac editione // A Theologis // Loveniensibus //
Prestitum sit leorum precfato // indicat // Antuerplae //
Ex officiana Christophori Plantin. 1583
(420x270) [*2], **6, a-z8, Aa-Zz8, AA-NN8 A-P8,
A-K6: pp [1-1202], 1-117 [118-120] Pp [4-1200]
on 2 col. separated by a line; pp 6-117 on 2 col.
-94 copper engravings (13 had already been used in the
Polyglot Bible) same with the monogram or the name of
the designers Crispin van der Broeck + Pieter van der Borcht.
7 full page illustrations, 81 illustrations, (22 in O.T. and
59 in N.T.) 3 maps.
[17-960]: Text O.T. (parts + marginalia in Ro. and It.)
[963-1199]: Text N.T. (marginals in Ro, It, and Gr).
- This folio Bible is one of the most impressive + beautiful
ed. of the Plantin press. Already in 1580 Plantin
started working on this Bible. The number of COpies
printed is not known.
- In his struggle against rising Protestantism Charles V
prohibited in his domains all suspect Bibles (in Latin,
French + dutch) adn asked the Theological Faculty of
the Louvain Univ. to prepare duly authorized + orthodox
ed. in these languages. The Latin Bible appeared
first (1547) at Louvain by B. Gravius in folio. Beginning
with his first Bible ed. in 1559, Plantin followed this
Louvain version. Revised in 1574, all Plantin's
subsequent Latin Bibles are based on this edition.