Biblia latina
By: cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering.
Contributors: Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.; Pablo de Santa Maria, Bishop of Burgos, ca. 1351-1435; Döring, Mathias, ca. 1400-1469
Publisher: Anton Koberger, 3 December
Published: 1487
Place of publication: Nuremberg
Language: lat
Work titles: Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1487
Notes: Signatures: v. 1. a10, b12, c-h10, i-k8, l-o10, p6, q8, r-z10, [et]10, aa-dd10, ee12, ff-gg10, hh4, ii-oo10, pp-qq6, rr-vv10, xx12, yy-zz10, [et et]10, [cum cum]6.

Vol. 1: [468] leaves.

Leaf a1r: Prologus p[ri]mus venerabilis fratr[is] Nicolai d' Lyra ordinis seraphici Francisci in test[amentu]m vetus de commendatione sacre scripture in generali incipit.

Commentary surrounds the text.

With explanatory woodcuts.

Very close reprint of the 1485 edition, with the same woodcuts.

Stillwell B548.

HC *3167.

GW 4289

Goff B-614.

Fisher copy: Leaves a10 and r10 of v. 1 wanting.  Leaves [1], [461-462] and [466-467] of vol. 1 slightly mutilated, without significant loss of information.  Inscription on end leaf:  Restat monast[er]io s[anc]ti Oswaldi de Nostell [Yorkshire].  With [1] leaf in MS. at end, apparently written in late English Caroline script, ca. 12th-13th cent., containing prayers and hymn for the feast of St Sebastian.  With German (?) inscription on p. [1].

Fisher copy:  Contemporary English (?) binding, sewn on 4 double tawed leather thongs, laced into oak boards bevelled on outside edges (upper board now detached, lower board wanting).  Back endleaves made up from vellum manuscript waste (front endleaves wanting). Remnants of calfskin covering, finished in blind with 2-line and 3-line fillets to a panel and diaper pattern.  Remnants of two clasps, hinged on lower cover.