Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria nunc recens castigata, Romaeque reuisa : in quibus Praeterea, qvae subsequens praefatio indicat, capita singula ita versibus distincts sunt : Ut numeri Praefixi Lectorum non remorentur, & loca quaesita tanquam digito demonstrent, additus, ubi res postulauit, elegantissimis figuris

Jerome, Saint; Johannes Henten; Guillaume Rouille

Lugduni : Apud Gulielmum Rouillium; Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1573

[Lavishly illustrated Lyonnese edition of the Louvain Bible: 16th century Latin Bible printed in France] Biblia Sacra. Thick quarto. Bound in contemporary calf.  Spine gilt in six compartments.  [16], 1214, [97] pages. 404 wood cut engravings (248 in O.T.; 156 in N.T.) within text.   Loss to bottom margin corner of p. 255-256.  Loss to corner margin and text of 463-464 p. (E8) and at 993-994 p. (rr).  Some marginal staining, (congregated at the beginning).  Rouille's printer's device on title page.  

First printed in 1547 by the theological faculty of Louvain, under the general editorship of Johannes Hentenius; based on Robert Estienne's Vulgate of 1538-1540.  Preface by St. Jerome: P. [6]-[12].  Ed. by John Henten.  Printed marginalia. Index at rear. Rouville. Gulielmus Rouilius. [Biblia Latina]