Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

50 ● (BIBLE IN LATIN.) Biblia SacraVeteris & Novi Testamenti iuxta vulgatam . . . editionem. Edited by Jean Benoist. [16], 888; 235, [112] pages. Some use of Hebrew type. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 370x256 mm, 18th-century sheep-backed paste-paper boards, worn, missing portions of spine; dampstaining throughout, particularly on opening leaves, strip of paper pasted over scored inscription on title, cellophane tape repair on *6, vertical crease in 2A8. Darlow & Moule 6141. Paris: (Benoît Prevost for) heirs of Charlotte Guillard, 1558 [500/750] Bound before the first leaf of Genesis is a later edition of the 1587 double-hemispheric world map by Rumold Mercator, dampstained, trimmed to border on top and sides, missing blank portion in lower left, darkened and reinforced on verso along outer edges. Shirley 157. 51 ● (BIBLE IN LATIN.) Biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria nunc recens castigata. Title within woodcut architectural border, with vignettes of Abraham and Isaac, St. Jerome in his study, and Cain and Abel; over 600 text woodcuts after Hans Holbein, Bernard Salomon, and Pierre Eskrich. [24], 1126 pages; lacks last leaf (colophon or blank?). 4to, 203x151 mm, modern vellum boards, somewhat soiled and discolored, spine faded, endpapers renewed; scattered dark stains, several sheets browned, occasional mostly marginal soiling, foxing, and minor stains, title torn in outer and lower margins with slight loss to border and mounted, few marginalia. Venice: (Altobello Salicato for) heirs of Niccolò Bevilacqua, 1574 [400/600] Venetian reprint of the 1547 LouvainVulgate, with illustrations derived largely from woodcuts used in various Lyons editions from 1538 to 1562; cf. Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 62. 54 55 BIBLES, continued