(1576). BIBLIA. BIBLIA AD VETUSTISSIMA EXEMPLARIA NUNC RECENS CASTIGATA... CUM LICENTIA SUPERIORUM. Venice, haeredes Niccolò Bevilacqua for Giacomo Vidali, 1576. In-folio of [16]-792-62 pages, stiff vellum (later binding). FIRST EDITION of Bevilacqua's illustrated Bible, with the official text of the Louvain Bible. Title in a large figurative architectural frame with St. Jerome in the center, and a large number of beautifully engraved woodcuts from earlier editions. Joints split, lack at top of spine, several leaves and title repaired with small lack, qq. pages stained or browned, rings on last leaves (USTC 805274).

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