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Biblia, qui in hac editione praestitum sit, vide in ea quam operi praeposuimus, ad lectorem epistola ; t. 1. 1545
20.4 x 13.2 x 5.0 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1081320
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In this Bible, printed and edited by Robert Estienne of Paris, the Zurich version of the text is printed alongside the Vulgate so that both versions can be compared. Memoranda on the text is printed in the margins.
Binding Information
Bound in brown calf skin. Elaborately decorated with sixteenth-century, French gold-tooling on both covers and on the spine, with strapwork and arabesque designs, coloured black. Gilded and goffered (decorated) page edges.Provenance
Ownership marks of Richard Hall (with the Reformation motto Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum); Robert Cony Esq.; and G.W. Sicklemore, vicar of St Laurence-In-Thanet Church, Ramsgate. Acquired for the Royal Library between 1860 and 1901.
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Creator(s)
(publisher)(translator)(translator)(translator)(contributor)Acquirer(s)
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Measurements
20.4 x 13.2 x 5.0 cm (book measurement (conservation))
21.0 x 6.0 cm (book measurement (inventory))
Markings
annotation: Signature of Rev. G.W. Sicklemore, Vicar of St Lawrence
Category
Alternative title(s)
Bible. OT. Latin
Bible
Place of Production
Paris [Île-de-France]
