Sacra Biblia vulgatae editionis - 1664

Rare Latin edition of the Bible based on the Sixtine-Clementine Vulgate, the official text of the Catholic Church since the end of the 16th century, intended for clergymen, theologians, students, and cultivated laypeople -

This edition brings together the entire books of the Old and New Testament according to the Catholic canon, including the Pentateuch, the historical books, the wisdom books, the Psalms, the major and minor prophets, the deuterocanonical books, the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Apostolic Epistles, and the Apocalypse -

The Old Testament presents the creation of the world, the fall of humanity, the history of the patriarchs, the covenant between God and Israel, the Exodus under Moses, the giving of the Law, the conquest of the Promised Land, the establishment of the monarchy with Saul, David and Solomon, the division of the kingdom, the warnings of the prophets, exile to Babylon, and the hope of a future redemption -

SN - Sacra Biblia vulgatae editionis - 1664 - Tome I et II - Franciscum Coustellier -
829 pages + 16 pages of table.

Good condition of the bindings, volumes in full brown leather of the period, wear from use, some minor defects on covers and spine, missing headbands, cracked joints, worn corners, sprinkled edges, reinforced spines with gold tooling, titles and tomes gilded -

Good interior condition, browning, splendid vignette on the title page, beautiful initial, text in two columns, culs-de-lampe, volumes enriched with a good frontispiece and a plate hors texte, endpapers in decent condition, good overall -

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