[Biblia Latina]
Contributors: Voet, Joannis, former owner; Hyllius, Philipp, former owner; Rosenstern, Herbert J., former owner; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Kloster Schontal
Publisher: Georgio Arrivabene
Published: 1487
Place of publication: Venice
Language: lat
Number of pages: 466
Work titles: Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1488
Notes: Imprint from ISTC as derived from the colophon (2E10 recto): Explicit biblia Venetiis impressa per Georgium de riuabenis mantuanum al's parente[um]. Anno d[omi]ni. Mcccclxxxvij iij. cal. martij.

Signatures: a-źı &́ı [con]́ı [rum]́ı A-Ṕı Q́œ R-2D́ı 2E℗£́ʻ 2a-2ćı 2d℗£́ʻ (a1 blank)

Printed in two columns of 52 lines plus head lines.

Initial spaces with guide letters.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, entry B-586

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, vol. V, page 383

Incunabula short title catalogue, entry ib00586000

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early blind tooled calf over wooden boards. The spine is rebacked in early calf that has deteriorated. Original clasps and catches are missing. In-text capitals are highlighted in red. Three-line initials and chapter headings are rubricated in red and blue. Large initials are rubricated in combinations of red and blue. The bookplate of the BPL Benton Fund is present on the front pastedown. The ink stamp of the Royal Library of Munich (now the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) is present on a2 verso. The ownership inscription of Schontal Abbey ("Monasterij B.M.V. in Speciosa Valle") is present at the head of a2 recto. Two early ownership inscriptions are present in the lower margin of the same page. Dated 1613 and 1614 respectively, the first appears to read, "Sum ex libris Joannis Voet Kissingensis 1613." The second appears to be a presentation inscription signed by "Philippi Hyllij." Inscriptions and early marginalia are present throughout. In this copy, sheet &3.6 is bound-in before &2.7. Leaf a1 (blank) is wanting. Formerly housed with this volume was a postcard from Emil Offenbacher to Herbert J. Rosenstern marked Sept. 18, 1946 discussing the scarcity of this edition, which Rosenstern owned.