Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis, Sixti V. Pont. M. Jussu Recognita, et Clementis VIII. Auctoritate edita. Col: Agggripppinae. Sumpt. Bath. ab Egmont & Sociorum. 6-volume set (complete)
Paris: Fr. Leonard, 1670. Hardcover. 16mo. (4.7" x 2.6") [48], 358, 446, 456, 528, 488, 31, [114]pp. Contemporary leather with red title plates and green number plates. Gilt embossed ornaments to spine. Raised bands. Gold-stamped borders on covers. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Title-pages from vol.1 to vol.5 illustrated with wood engravings. 2 frontispieces to vol. 1 (facing introduction and Five Books of Moses). Ornamental printers' device to title page of vol. 6. Decorative initials. Fascinating work containing:
1) Introduction. Pentateuchum Moysi. [5 Books of Moses] Genesis. Exodus. Levitikus. Numeri. Deuteronomium.
2) Libre Iosue, Ruth, Regum IV et Paralipomenon. [Book of Joshua. Book of Ruth. Kings. Chronicles]
3) Esdras [Ezra], Tobias, Iudith, Esther, Iob, Psalmi, Proverbia, Ecclesiastes, Canticum Canticorum [Song of Songs], Sapientha [Wisdom]. Ecclesiasticus [Ben Sirah]
4) Prophetae: Isaias, Ieremias, Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel, XII Minores [The Twelve Minor Prophets] et Maccabaeorum Libri Duo.
5) Novum Testamentum. Domini Nostri Iesu Christi. Vulgates Editionis, justa exemplar Vaticanum anni 1592.
6) Manasse Oratio [Prayer of Menasse], Esdrae Lib. III & IV. Cum Indice Bibliorum triplici.
This is the "vulgata" - edition [the edition for the common man], i.e. the standard Latin Catholic Bible [the equivalent of the King-James-edition in English]. It contains almost all (except for Samuel) 24 Books of the Hebrew Bible, however in Catholic, not Jewish order. Within the parts of the Jewish Bible, it has additional works that are not incorporated in the 24 Books of Tanakh (i.e. Tora [the Five Books of Moses], Nevi'im [Prophets] and Ketuvim [Hagiography]). These are: The Book of Tobias, the Book of Judith, Sapientha [Wisdom; also referred to as "Wisdom of Salomon"], Eccliasticus [The Wisdom of Ben Sira], the Book of Baruch, Maccabaeorum Libri Duo [Book of Maccabees I, II] and Manassa Oratiio. Among the mentioned books, Eccliasticus is the clearest indication that this is a Catholic Bible, since this Book is neither in the Jewish nor the Protestant canon. It is also interesting to point out that "Oratio Manasseh" and "Esdras" (vol. 6) are still included, although today they are consider apocryphal in the Catholic canon.
Some edge wear on bindings with joints, corners and spines slightly rubbed. Closed tears on back joint of first volume. Minor damp staining on lower margin of first pages of volume 1 (not affecting text). Tiny hole in frontispiece of volume 5. Text in Latin. Bindings in overall good to very good, interior in very good condition. vg. Item #15006
Sources:
Darlow, Moule: Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture (6239).
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