Biblia sacra Vulgatae editionis, Sixti V. Pont. Max. jussu recognita, et Clementis VIII - 1653

Biblia sacra Vulgatae editionis, jussu recognita by Sixtus V, Pont. Max., and Clement VIII. Paris, Typogaphia Regia, 1653, (27) ff. 884 pp. (26) ff. [index]

One volume in quarto (245x190 mm), full calf, spine with raised cords ornate (binding of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards and the spine, crack on the front board and the upper hinge of the rear board split but together perfectly solid, title page detached at its upper part, loss on the inner margin of the title page, light water stain on the upper part of the pages.

Very pretty Latin edition of the Bible adorned with numerous headbands, initials and tailpieces

This Latin edition of the Bible reproduces the Vulgate known as the Sixtus-Clementine, revised under the popes Sixtus V and Clement VIII. It includes the books of the Old and New Testaments, preceded notably by the prefaces and prologues of Saint Jerome.