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Volume with very rich iconographic apparatus, 245 woodcuts in the text: 134 engravings in the Old Testament and 111 engravings in the New Testament. It has been proposed to attribute this cycle of XILOGRAPHS to the hand of Johann Britt, the engraver closest to Titian. Richly engraved first title page, elaborated with title framed by a rich woodcut frieze, animated by some biblical figures and depicting a phoenix on flames facing the sun. Second title page (adorned with a beautiful full-page engraving, the same as the first, but in excellent condition) at the beginning of the New Testament.
Edited by Giovanni Giolito De Ferrari, who integrated the work with new texts, therefore subject to protection, which made it possible to automatically extend the privilege to the whole book.
CONTENTS
Holy Bible, Old and New Testament, Structure: Ioannis Ioliti De Ferrariis Praefatio ad lectorem+Hieronymi Prologus Galeatus + Epistola Sancti Hieronymi ad Paulinum Presbyterum+Signorum Declaratio+Veterum Testamentum +Novum Testamentum + Rerum Sententiarum et Vocabulorum+Hebraea, Chaldaea, Graeca, et Latina nomina virorum..+Index epistolarum, et evangeliorum.
CONDITION REPORT
In 16th, pp. (16), 679, 199, (1), 201. Coeval full parchment binding. Tie us in sight. Signs of wear. Sprayed cuts. Handwritten ex libris on the two facings. Handwritten title on spine: SACRA BIBLIA. Framed text in two columns, notes in the margins.
Volume with very rich iconographic apparatus, 245 woodcuts in the text (cm. 8 x 6): 134 engravings in the Old Testament and 111 engravings in the New Testament. It has been proposed to attribute this cycle of woodcuts to the hand of Johann Britt, the engraver closest to Titian. Richly engraved first title page, elaborated with title framed by a rich woodcut frieze, animated by some biblical figures and depicting a phoenix on flames facing the sun. Second title page (adorned with a beautiful full-page engraving, the same as the first, but in excellent condition) at the beginning of the New Testament. Date of printing on the colophon.
FULL TITLE & AUTHORS
Sacra Biblia, acri studio ac diligentia emendata, rerum atque verborum permultis & perquamdignis indicibus aucta.
In Venegia, Giovanni Giolito De Ferrari, 1588
AA.VV. 67235431
