Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis Sixti Quinti Pont. Max. iussu recognita atque edita. First edition.
by Sixtus, Jerome; Clement; Roberto Francesco; Romolo Bellarmino; Aldo Manuzio (Printer),
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Romae: Ex typographia Apostolica Vaticana, M.D. XCIII. [1593]. 4to. 17 x 24. contemporary calf....[20], 1088, [50] pp.... Ex-libris armorial "Crescit patriae in augmentumm ," library sticker of Jacques Mayaud... Very good...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:963295363...Notes:Signatures: *⁴, *⁶, A-Z⁸, Aa-Zz⁸, Aaa-Yyy⁸, a¹⁰, ¹⁰Leaf Bb4 missigned B4Title-page in red and blackHead-pieces, decorated initials, catchwordsColophon reads: Romæ, Ex Typographia Apostolica Vaticana, M.D. XCIII.."A quarto edition of the Clementine Bible ... [which] exhibits some variations from the folio of 1592, and thus constitutes another recension. It includes three pieces -- Index testimoniorum, Nominum interpretatio, and Index Biblicus -- which are generally found ... in subsequent editions; and has a short list of errata on the last page ... In M. Hetzenauer's opinion ... [this] Bible of 1593 is the most accurate of the three Clementine editions [of 1592, 1593, and 1598."; see Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society.....Principal contents: p. [3]-[5], preface; p. [6], decree of the Council of Trent on canonical books; p. [7]-[8], Papal Bull of Clement VIII ordering the use of this edition; p. [9]-[20], prefaces by Jerome (including prefaces to individual books); p. [1]-1088, text of books regarded by the Council of Trent as canonical; p. [1]-20, Prayer of Manasses and 3-4 Esdras; p. [1]-[34], "Index testimoniorum" (i.e. index of O.T. passages cited in the N.T.), "Hebraicorum ... [etc.] nominum interpretatio", and "Index Biblicus."The text is in double columns, with verse-numbers in the central margin and references in the outer margins. There are no prefaces to books (except those in the preliminary leaves) or chapter-summariesHieronymi prologus Galeatus" and other prefaces preceeding Genesis; "Oratio Manassae" and "Liber Esdrae tertius" at end of text...... Biblia sacra vulgate editionis Sixti Quinti Pont. Max. Rome, Typographie apostolique vaticane, 1593. In-4 veau dos à nerfs filets à froid sur les plats
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