[Incunabula]. [Bible. Latin. 1498]. SEXTA PARS BIBLIE cu[m] - Lot 68

[Incunabula]. [Bible. Latin. 1498]. SEXTA PARS BIBLIE cu[m] glossa ordinaria & expositio[n]e Lyre [Basel, J. Petri and J. Froben, December 1498]. In-folio, old-fashioned fawn half-basane with corners, spine with 4 nerves, cold-stamped title, red edges (flaws including cover lac. on spine and boards, worn edges; light marginal dampening, dust on title and small wormholes in margins of very first leaves). Sixth and last volume of this Latin Bible edited by Sebastian Brant, which includes the "Glossa ordinaria", the "Expositiones" by Guillelmus Brito and the "Moralia" by Nicolas de Lyre. This volume contains eleven epistles (to the Romans, Corinthians, Hebrews, etc.), the Acts of the Apostles, the epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude, and the Apocalypse. Sebastian Brant's epigram to the reader appears on the verso of the last leaf. All endpapers on this copy were painted red or blue at the time, and all text capitals highlighted in red, with running titles and paragraph headings underlined in red. Sign. a8 B6 c8 d6 etc y6 z8, A6 B8 C6 etc P6 Q8 R5 (of 6, without the last blank f.). Very good margins, h = 308 mm. Provenance: unidentified monastery of the Theatine order (engraved armorial bookplate "S. S. Adelhaidis et Caietani"). (ISTC ib00609000; Hain 3172; GW 4284; Pellechet 2351; Bibles Paris, 759).