29 - Biblia latina.

Biblia latina. The Holy Bible, Vulgate Edition. Revised under the authority of Pope Sixtus V. Now, however, republished at the behest of the Gallican clergy. 8 parts in 20 volumes. Paris, Antonius Vitré 1651–1652. Small 8°. With an engraved frontispiece in Volume I. Contemporary calfskin bindings with gold-stamped spines, rich spine gilding, and coat-of-arms supralibros. Brunet I, 879. Darlowe/Moule II/2, 974. Tenschert, *Biblia sacra* 66. — First edition of the famous pocket Vulgate from the important Parisian printing house. — “In 1652, 51 A. Vitre, who printed the Paris Polyglot, issued a duodecimo edition of the Vulgate Bible, in eight volumes, 'jussu cleri Gallicani'" (Darlowe/Moule). - Bound here in 20 volumes: I. Book of Genesis, Book of Leviticus, Book of Numbers. - II. Book of Joshua, Book of Ruth, Third Book of Kings. - III. Books of Chronicles, Books of Ezra, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Job. - IV. Book of Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus. - V. The Prophecy of Isaiah, the Prophecy of Jeremiah, the Prophecy of Baruch. - VI. The Minor Prophets, 2 Maccabees, 3 and 4 Esdras. - VII. The New Testament of Jesus Christ: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. - VIII. Acts of the Apostles, Epistles of St. Paul, Revelation of St. John. - The prominent French printer A. Vitré (1595–1674), royal printer for Oriental languages (Linguarum Orientalium Regis Typographus), began using the Arabic typefaces developed by François Savary de Brèves in 1625 and used them to print the Paris Polyglot Bible (Bible polyglotte), edited by Guy Michel Lejay, in 1645. - Covers rubbed and slightly bumped; contemporary owner’s inscription on the title page; only a few scattered light brown spots; a fine, decoratively bound copy from a French castle library.