Shelfmark
En.8.01
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. Latin. 1565.
Title
Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata. Quid in horum bibliorum castigatione praestitum si, subsequens praefatio latinis indicabit.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Antverpiae, : ex officina Christopori Plantini., M. D. LXV. [1565]
Physical description
[30], 321, [1] p.; 16mo.
Note
Colophon: Excudebat Antverpiae Christophorus Plantinus XVIII. Augusti. anno M. D. LXIIII.
Note
Not the copy recorded by Adams as B1069, which differs in pagination and signatures as well as content and colophon. This is presumably the first in a multi-volume set.
Note
Signatures: *8, ?8, A8-Z8, a8-r8.
Note
Printer's emblem as t.p. vignette.
Note
Initials; marginal notes.
Note
Privilege on verso of t.p. dated 20 January 1558.
Note
Edited by J. Hentenius. An edition of the Louvain edition of the Vulgate Latin Bible, first published 1547.
Formatted contents note
Pentateuchus Moysi -- Iosue -- Liber iudicum -- Ruth.
Provenance
Inscription on both t.p. and front flyleaf: Eliz. à Prato.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording bequest to Eton College in 1731.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown leather; gold tooled single fillet border and cartouche centrepiece with strapwork; rebacked in 20th century dark leather with gold tooled letters; holes in boards for ties; gold edges; modern endpapers.
Added entry--name
Henten, Johannes, 1500? - 1566 editor.
Added entry--name
Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520 - 1589 printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Anwerp
Language code
lat
Identifier
B35081