(1588). BIBLIA SACRA cum glossis, interlineari et ordinaria. Nicolai Lyrani Postilla, ac Moralitatibus, Burgensis Additionibus & Thoringi Replicis Venice, (Ad signum aquilae renovantis), 1588. 7 volumes of 377; 315; 439; 479; 244; 285; 129 leaves, bound in 4 strong volumes in-folio, stamped saddle-skin on wooden aisles, chased copper clasps (period binding). Monumental Bible given by Mathias Döring, Nicolas de Lyra, Paulus de Sancta Maria illustrated with a few woodcuts in the text. Each part with its own dated title and alphabetical index occupies the seventh and last part. A very good copy. (USTC, 80637).

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