[Rarebooks] FS: 1607 Latin Bible w/fine woodcuts

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(BIBLE, IN LATIN) SACRA BIBLIA VULGATAE EditionisSixti Quinti Pont. Max. Jussu Recognita, Atque Edita. Venice: Apud EvangelistamDeuchinum. 1607. 4to. (32),1039,(65)pp. Index. Double column text. Titleprinted in red & black within a large ornate woodcut border. Both the textof the Old & New Testaments with a fine series of woodcuts (2-1/4" x4"). Orig. vellum, somewhat soiled and rippled. Title and text with someold soiling, largely at the preliminary and final leaves. Still, overall agood, sound copy.       $1,250.00(trade discount allowed)
TheOCLC record states (from the Catholic Encyclopedia), "The edition of theVulgate that he [Sixtus V] sponsored was faulty and was subsequentlywithdrawn." Not in Darlow & Moule.
 
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