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[BIBLIA NEERLANDICA] WINGHE, Nicolaus van

[Den gheheelen Bibel, inhoude[n]de het oude en de nieuwe Testament]
[Cologne]
1553
€600 - €800

2 parts in 1 vol. in-folio, [5] + [401] + [306] ff. Gothic text in 2 columns. With the famous 154 large woodcuts within ornamental borders by VIRGIL SOLIS (1514-1562)Lacking f. A1, some pale damp staining, ink stain in the lower margin at the end. Full calf binding on wooden boards, with blind tooling, rubbed, lacking clasps

"Very rare Cologne ed. of the ""Leuven Bible"", the Catholic Dutch translation by Nicolaas van Winghe (1495-1552). The fine ornamental borders in early baroque style were characterised by Christoph Walther, corrector of the printer Lufft, as ""Narrenwerk, Puppenwerk, Teufelswerk"" Ref. Poortman I, p.129 ; Le Long p.625ff ; VD16 ZV-1548. Not in Darlow & Moule, Adams"

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