Biblia ad vestustissima exemplaria castigata

New edition of this bible, bearing the privilege on the verso of the title page dated January 20, 1558. Preface by Johannes Hentenius, and probably establishment of the text. Printer's device on title page. Decorated initials. Colophon on verso of last leaf: Excudebat Antverpiae Amatus Tavernerius, anno M.D. LXIX. The text is found in the Vulgate version of the very famous Louvain edition of 1547; Charles V had indeed expressly requested a new, more accurate version of the Bible and this was made from Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew texts.
This Old Testament comprises the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Book of Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua as well as the Book of Judges and Ruth. All other texts have been excluded from this edition: namely Book of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, but also the prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah...
Full red morocco binding of the 17th century. Smooth spine decorated with 4 fleurons, with frame of small dot tools. Gilt titles. Boards richly decorated with a central rectangle with medallion and leafy designs in the corners; corner tools and multiple framing fillets. Gilt edges. Tail headcap blackened with 2 small wormholes. Rubbing. Copy slightly warped. Missing the second marbled endpaper. Slight lack to upper joint at head.
Handsome copy in decorated 17th-century red morocco.
While references for this Antwerp bible can be found in libraries, one notes that the collations of these bibles are not the same, nor the format; thus the library of the Catholic University of the West at Angers shows