IM-13639: Original incunabula leaf from the Bible in Latin - Fontibus et Graecis edition of the Biblia Latina - printed by Johann Amerbach in Basel, 1486. Printed in black ink with hand-illuminated capital letters and rubrics in red. Text block ruled in brown ink. 48 lines of text printed in two columns on each side of the leaf.
Size: 11.5 x 8 inches - 290 x 206 mm
The contents of this leaf include all or a portion of the text from 7 Psalms:
Psalm 37:16 – 43:15 (King James 38:8 – 44:15): “Quoniam…” (For in thee, O Lord have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God…I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue…With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me…Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day…As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God…Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy…We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us…).
There are only about 70 complete copies of this edition known to exist in libraries worldwide. It is a rare incunabula from the series of Bibles by Amerbach known as the “Fontibus et Graecis” editions. Amerbach was the earliest known printer who attempted to correct the Latin Vulgate text by comparison to the original Greek and Hebrew texts, and the name derives from a couplet on the dated last leaf of the book, which begins Fontibus et Graecis Hebraeorum quoque libris…” (From the Greek and Hebrew Sources…).
Reference: Goff #B-581: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke #4198; Darlow and Moule #6083 (note on Fontibus editions).
A very fine example from a historic pre-1500 incunabula Bible, well printed on fine handmade paper, and in excellent condition.
Shipped unmatted
