BIBLE, Latin. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, [1486-]1487.

BIBLE, Latin. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, [1486-]1487.

Part three of the second Koberger edition of the Bible. Nicolaus de Lyra's vast commentary, Postilla litteralis, was the definitive biblical commentary from the late Middle Ages until the Reformation, and was frequently reprinted throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. The woodcuts in this edition are reduced copies of the cuts in Koberger's 1481 edition of the complete commentary (Goff N-135). This volume includes the famous illustrations of the vision of Ezechiel, and plans of the temple and Jerusalem. BSB-Ink. B-459; Goff B-614; HC 3167*; Schreiber 3473.

Folio (305 x 205mm). Collation: AA-GG10 HH12 II-MM10 NN12 OO8; PP-TT10 UU-XX6 YY10 ZZ10 3A-3F10 3G8 3H8 III-3M10 3N8. Rubricated throughout with blue and red Lombard initials; woodcut illustrations, many of which full-page (occasional marginal dampstaining, a few leaves browned). Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin with original clasps, contemporary manuscript leaves reused as endpapers and binding waste (lacking bosses). Provenance: Gallus Winckelmann (1695-1757, a monk and scholar at Banz Abbey; note) – Joseph M. Lybrand (rector of Saint Paul’s Church, Camden; bookplate) – Philadelphia Divinity School (bookplate and perforated stamp) – Daniel Kendig (signature).