Biblia Sacra. Dat is de geheele heylighe schrifture bedeylt int oudt ende nieu testament.Van nieus met grote neersticheyt oversien, ende naer den lesten roomschen text verbetert, door sommighe doctoren inder Heyligher Godtheyt inde vermaerde Universiteyt van Loven Antwerp: Published by Ian Moerentorf; 1599 Printed by Danielis Vervliet, & Henrici Swingelij ("Typis Danielis Vervliet, & Henrici Swingelij" at colophon) Engraved titlepage showing Moses on the left, David on the right, and the four evangelists below. Gothic type in 2 columns, illustrated with numerous woodcuts, mostly after Sebald Beham's 1533 design; Original richly blindtooled calf with corner and centerpieces (one corner piece at the back cover is missing, another one is damaged) over wooden boards, intact clasps, skilfully rebacked, spine with five raised bands and "Biblia Sacra" label. Binding is firmly attached, toning, otherwise very good condition "In 1599 a new version of the Dutch Louvain Bible appeared in Antwerp from the press of Jan Moerentorf (Moretus), 33 years after the publisher’s fatherinlaw Christopher Plantin had published the previous Dutch Bible... The socalled "Moerentorf Bible" was revised on the basis of the SixtoClementine Vulgate that had been released in 1592." (Francois 2015, 276). Folio. Size 9 by 13.5" Thickness 4 1/4" Text in Dutch

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