Biblia sacra vvlgatae editionis.
Contributors: Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.
Publisher: Ex Typographia apostolica vaticana
Published: 1592
Place of publication: Romæ
Language: lat
Number of pages: 1131
Notes: Title in red and black.
Added t.-p., engraved: Biblia sacra vvlgatae editionis. Sixti Qvinti pont. max. ivssv recognita atque edita.
"Hieronymi prologus galeatus" and other prefaces by Jerome: [12] p., from a quarto edition of unknown origin, inlaid in folio, preceding Genesis.
"Oratio Manassae" and "Liber Esdræ tertivs [-qvartvs]" (omitted in the edition of Sixtus V): 23 p. at end.
First edition of the official text of the Catholic church issued under sanction of Clemens VIII and therefore known as the "Clementine Bible", and superseding the edition of Sixtus V of 1590. The text is preceded by Cardinal Bellarmino's preface, the Decree of the Council of Trent on the canonical Scriptures, and a brief by Clemens VIII.
Issued in 500 copies. cf. P. M. Baumgarten, Neue kunde von alten Bibeln. Rom, 1922, p. 316-322.
Italian 18th (?) century binding, red morocco with baroque gilt ornament, sides and back.