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[BIBLE, in Latin]. Textus Biblie cum Glosa ordinaria, Nicolai de Lyra postilla, Moralitatibus eiusdem, Pauli Burgensis Additionibus, Matthie Thoring Replicis, edente P. Conrado Leontorio Mulbronnen. Basel: Jo. Froben and Adam Petri, 1506.
One volume only (of 7), folio (343 x 250). Text in two or three columns, 78 lines, in gothic script, entirely rubricated in red. Hundreds of printed lombards and some spaces with guide-letters. (Lacking three leaves at end, soiling, worming touching letters throughout, leaves brittle and occasionally fraying). A remboitage 18th-century French red morocco binding elaborately gilt, upper covers with catches (a few repairs, lacking clasps).
The first volume only, comprising the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Froben's Bible was first printed in 1498. Adams B-985.