Biblia sacra Vulgatae editionis Sixti V. Pont. Max. Iussu recognita et Clementis VIII auctoritate edita nunc autem CXXXx figuris nouiter inuentis & in aesincisis illustrata a de Brÿ ad Reuerendiss[imo] & Illustriss[imo] Archiepis. Moguntinensem principem Electorem ac archicancellarium.
Pope Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini) (1536-1605)
Category
Books
Date
1609
Materials
Place of origin
Mainz
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3094666
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 574, [2]; [2], 226, [2]; 263, [93] p. : ill. (metal cuts) ; 4to. Running number: 2682. Imperfect: wanting final leaf of pt. 1 (sig. cccc4), first leaf of pt. 2 (sig. A1), final leaf of pt. 2 (sig. Ff2), and all of final [92] p. of pt. 3 (sigs. ²A1-M2) containing "Romanae correctionis". Pp. 207-254 of pt. 3 (sigs. CCC4-III3) mis-bound at end of pt. 2 following p. 226 (sig. Ff1). Provenance: manuscript initial and note on the mis-binding on front fly-leaf: "M. Folica post lib. 2 Maccacbaeorum, quae incipiunt Oratio Manasse, &c p. 207-254. transposita sunt, & collocari debebant ad finem Novi Testamenti, ut videre est ex numero paginarum, vocibus correspondentibus, & litteris in inferiori paginarum parte" on front fly-leaf [i.e. catalogue code and collation note written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "Α-α'." [i.e. Alpha-alpha' = Greek number 1-1]. Binding: seventeenth-century mottled calf; double gilt fillet border, with gilt cornerpiece stamps; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt stamps and title labels 'Biblia Sacra P. Sixti. V.' and 'Iconibus de Bry' on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Pope Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini) (1536-1605) Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti) (1520-1590) Johann Theodor de Bry Saint Jerome (circa 347-420), author Franciscus Lucas (1549?-1619), author Robert Boissard (c.1570-c.1601), artist and engraver Georg Keller (1568-1634), artist Jacques de Zetter (d.1616), engraver (printmaker)