1519 St Jerome Bible Leaf Book of Job 11-13 Old Testament 3 Historiated Initials

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1519 St Jerome Bible Leaf Book of Job 11-13 Old Testament 3 Historiated Initials:
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This is a leaf of early printingfrom a Biblia latina. - Biblia cum summarioru(m) apparatu plenoqaudrupliciq(ue) repertorio insignita, Book of Job Chapters 11-13.Printed at Lyon, by Jacques Mareschal for Simon Vincent in 1519.The leaf measures 168x 120 mm. in totality and contains fifty-sixlines of gothic type, printed double column in Latin. There are8-line historiated letters located at the beginning of each chapter.During the Sixteenth Century, Lyon was the most important centerfor printing in France. Jacques (alias Roland) Mareschal (1475-1529)was a master printer, a "seller" by 1522, as well asa "courier" for the Co-Fraternity of the Printers, apowerful guild organization of the age. Aside from this St. JeromeBible, Mareschal was well known for his much-copied 1512 editionof the Bible as well as later versions in 1523, 1525 and 1526.Simon Vincent, one of three major publishers in Lyon at the time(along with Gueynard and Jacques Guinta), contracted with severalprinters simultaneously, Mareschal being one of them. Variationson the colophon might include the publisher\'s name or mark only,or both publisher and printer\'s name. Simon also published suchfamous works as Luis Coronel\'s "Physicae Perscrutationes"(1512), Coronel being a personal friend and supporter of Erasmus.The versocontains the same amount of lines, type & layout. (Adam\'sB 997; Baudrier XI, 401; Bibelslg. D WLB Stgt. D 276; Tanks VII,324, 399; Lyon, France, 2008; Pogue, 1987, 42; UF Library, 2008;Stock, 1882, 86; Davis, 1966, 54; Bietenholz and Deutscher, 1987,343) This leaf contains minor staining..

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