1516 Biblia Latina, Gothic, Anton Koberger Bible, Royal Family Very Rare

An Early Printed Koberger Bible in Latin,Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti.

Numerous engravings in the text-Perkins and Heath Royal Seal

A MAGNIFICENT, RICHLY ILLUSTRATED LATIN BIBLE IN LARGE FOLIO a key development of the First Bibles

Martin Luther's celebrated translation of the Bible into Low German, i.e. Vernacular German, in the early 16th century was not the first German Bible.

The Zainer edition appearing nearly 50 years before Luther's, and Koberger's editions of the same translation shortly thereafter the Zainer edition . Koberger's most celebrated project is the Nuremberg Chronical of 1492.

Signatures as a wedding gift from Bishop Carr to the Son of King George III Prince Augustus Frederick, the Duke of Sussex in 1831-Containing the Royal Library Seal, only 1 in the world from the Royal Library-very unique and rare

Beautiful specimen in vintage binding of full leather bound in 1516 as the Gothic Bible.

Beautiful Book well valued as first bible prints, Used by Martin Luther in the developement of the 1st German Lutheran Bible. Produced during the time when Erasmus develpoed the Greek New Testiment. Folio 10 x 14 x 2.5 468 Leaf's, Type in Low German Gothic Latin

Editor of the Bible in Latin and canonical texts and religious history, especially the Dominican Order. Dominicano ,1470, lived in the convents of Brescia, S. Pietro Martire in Murano, SS. Giovanni and Paolo in Venice, 1508. Last traces of activity in 1523.

Giving the esteeme Fontibus ex graecis reading of the Vulgate text, edited by the Venetian Dominican friar Alberto Castellano, ca.1450 - 1523, with his annotations printed as marginal notes, along with references to the Canon Law corpus.

VERY RARE- This is one of the editions printed by J. Sacon for A. Koburger of Nuremberg. In this edition appears for the first time the references to Josephus, which were arranged by Johannes de Gradibus.

According to Darlow & Moule, this is the first edition to include the Josephus references.

VERY RARE, USTC locates only 14 examples in the libraries worldwide, none as unique as the Royal Library edition.

An excellent specimen of early 16th-century Lyonesse typography and woodcut illustrations, this sumptuously produced Vulgate Bible is illustrated with four fine large three near full-page, one half-page woodcuts, and about 140 charming smaller woodcuts in text.

Some of the 144 woodcuts are of a very curious character. Catalogue of the Famous Library of the Late J. B. Learmont, Anderson Galleries, NY, 1917, no. 263

This edition of the Vulgate also offers a historically interesting example of globalization and outsourcing in printing trade of the Renaissance Europe: the Bible was printed by Jacque Sacon in Lyon Eastern France for the leading German publisher and bookseller Anton Koberger, residing in Nuremberg, Germany.

Sacon Jacques, 1472-1530. Koberger Anton, 1440-1513. 16th century.

Printed in Lyon by Jacque Sacon for Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, 1516.

*****A Must Have if You Collect Books about Religious History and Christianity*****

These books are extremely scarce and will soon be lost from the journals of time!