Biblia Sacra, vulgatae editionis, Sixti V. Pont. Max. authoritate recognita, nunc verò iussu cleri Gallicani denuò edita

Paris, Antonius Vitré, Antonius Vitré, 1652. 8 vols. Small 8vo (16x10 cm). Contemporary full leather, spines with ribbons, richly gilt in compartments, gilt lines around covers, edges paint; marbled endpapers. (small tear in 9 hinges; spine-ends sl. damaged). Vol. I: Genesis - Deuteronomium. (xxiv),768,(ii:blank) pp. including engraved title and printed title. Vol. II: Iosue, Liber Iudicum, Ruth, Libri Regnum IV. (ii),714,(i: Large woodcut printer's mark), (iv: blank) pp. Vol. III: Libri Paralipomenon II, Libri Esdrae II, Tobiae, Iudith, Esther, Iob. (iv),622,(iv: blank) pp. Vol. IV: Liber Psalmorum, Proverbia, Ecclesiastes, Cantic. Canticor. Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus. (iv),648,(iv: blank) pp. Vol. V.: Prophetae Maiores. (iv),780,(iv: blank) pp. Vol. VI: Prophetae Minores. Libri Machabaeorum II, Esdrae III & IV. (iv),584,(iii: Psalmorum Index),(v: blank) pp. Vol. VII: Novum Iesu Christi Testamentum. Matthaeus, Marcus, Lucas, Ioannes. (iv),480,(iv: blank) pp. including title with woodcut. Vol. VIII: Actus Apostolorum. (iv),144 pp. & Epistolae b. Pauli. Catholicae, Apocalypsis b. Ioannis. 448,(lvi: Indexes), (iv: blank) pp. including simple title. - Good set, hard to find together the 8 volumes, interior in fine condition (only light marginal waterstain to first quire vol. 1). - Famous Latin text republished and the basis for later editions during two centuries. Vols. II-VI with simple titles, with the mention "Excudebat Antonius Vitré, 1651; the vols. I, VII with extended titles with woodcut, Vol. VIII with simple title, all with the mention "Excudebat Antonius Vitré, Regis, & Cleri Gallicani Typographus, 1652.