Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Latin Bible – Nuremberg, 1477 – Incunabula
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $6,875
Including buyer's premium
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?).
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?).