Biblia Latina, Latin Bible (Vulgate). Published by Anton Koberger, [Nuremberg, 1477]. Incunabula.
Early printing. Two columns per page, with titles and initial letters drawn by hand, in red ink.
The printer Anton Koberger was a leading printer of his time. He printed more than 200 books in Nuremberg, among them Hartmann Schedel's "Nuremberg Chronicle". This book represents the second time that Koberger printed the Latin Bible.
467 leaves. Missing 18 leaves (leaves 45-48, 152-157, 212-213, 220-222, 268-269, 447). Condition varies, Some signatures are in good condition, with just a few stains. Open tears to some signatures, some with damage to text, some replaced by ancient pieces of paper. Comments and additions in handwriting, stains. Contemporary wood binding, covered with leather, with remanants of buckles (worming and damages to binding). Newer leather spine (19th century?).

Histoire Des Juifs, Ecrite Par Flavius Joseph, Sous le Titre de Antiquitez Judaiques, Traduite Par Arnauld D'Andilly. Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1700. French.
The history of the Jewish people, from Creation and up to the Great Revolt. Includes additional title page with an engraving, many engravings incorporated in the text, and two folded maps and a folded engraving.
Signature of the previous owners on the title page, “H.W. Baron d'Asseburg” - apparently the signature of Herman Werner von der Asseburg - a senior minister in Cologne in the early eighteenth century.
758, [21] pp., 31 cm. Good condition. Tears to margins of folded maps and engravings and to engraving facing the title page. Original leather binding, with wear, stains and damage.

Tela Ignea Satanae [Flaming Arrows of Satan], by Johann Christoph Wagenseil. Printed by Joh. Henricus Schoennerstaedt. Altdorfi Noricorum, 1681. Hebrew and Latin. First edition.
A collection of Jewish apologetic anti-Christian writings, in the Hebrew original and Latin translation, with a critique and refutation by the German-Christian Hebraist Johann Christoph Wagenseil. The writings include: "Sefer Nitzachon Yashan" ("Old Debate Book"), "Sefer Chizuk Emuna" ("The Book of Fortifying Faith"), and "Sefer Toldot Yeshu" ("Chronicle of Jesus"). Facing the title page is an engraved portrait of the author.
The Hebraist Johann Christoph Wagenseil (1633-1705), born in Nuremberg, spent many years collecting and studying anti-Christian writings by Jewish authors, with the intent of exposing the Jews’ attacks on Christianity (this book is the fruit of Wagenseil’s extensive research on this subject). He even approached European rulers with a request to reach an agreement that would prevent Jewish attacks on Christianity. However, Wagenseil claimed that the Jews were treated unjustly over the years and he opposed harassing them, particularly through blood libels. His aim was to bring about the Jews’ conversion to Christianity in pleasant ways, rather than through pressure and coercion.
[1] engraving, [2], 633, [14], 260, 60, [2], 480, 26, 3-45, 100, [1], 132 pp, 20 cm. Good condition. Slight damages and stains, mainly to first and last leaves. Several ancient inscriptions. Original vellum binding. New endpapers.