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Bible - Hebrew & Latin 1546

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[Hebrew, then] Hebraica Biblia, Latina Planeq; noua Sebast. Munsteri tralatione....Accesserunt in hac secunda aeditione multi nouae annotationes [...] Basileae 1546 [colophon: Basileae ex Officinis Michaelis Isingrinii & Henri Petri...]. Fine decorated initial letters [40], 1601pp, sheet size 342 x 213mm, large folio contemporary blind stamped pigskin over oak boards, with portraits of saints in compartments, brass corners (2 missing) & clasps (one defective). Ink inscriptions on title, fly leaf and endpaper, formerly in the library of the Augustinian Monastery in Vienna, BP of Edward Simpson. Sold Dunbar Sloane Limited, Edward Simpson Collection, Lot 137, 22/4/2009. Superb cream binding with conservation clamshell box VD 16 b 2882; DM 5090; Adams B12411; BM STC German 1455-1600 pp92.